Amos 3:5

Good News Translation

Does a bird get caught in a trap if the trap has not been baited? Does a trap spring unless something sets it off?

Cross References

Psalm 140:5

The proud have set a trap for me; they have laid their snares, and along the path they have set traps to catch me.

Ecclesiastes 9:12

You never know when your time is coming. Like birds suddenly caught in a trap, like fish caught in a net, we are trapped at some evil moment when we least expect it.

Jeremiah 31:28

And just as I took care to uproot, to pull down, to overthrow, to destroy, and to demolish them, so I will take care to plant them and to build them up.

Daniel 9:14

You, O Lord our God, were prepared to punish us, and you did, because you always do what is right, and we did not listen to you.

Amos 3:4

Does a lion roar in the forest unless he has found a victim? Does a young lion growl in his den unless he has caught something?

Amos 3:6

Does the war trumpet sound in a city without making the people afraid? Does disaster strike a city unless the Lord sends it?