Amos 3:5

The Scriptures 1998

Does a bird fall into a snare on the earth, where there is no trap for it? Does a snare spring up from the earth, if it has not captured prey?

Cross References

Psalm 140:5

The proud have hidden a trap for me, and cords; They have spread a net by the wayside; They have set snares for me. Selah.

Ecclesiastes 9:12

For even man does not know his time. Like fish taken in an evil net, and like birds caught in a snare, so the sons of men are snared in an evil time, when it come down on them suddenly.

Jeremiah 31:28

“And it shall be, that as I have watched over them to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict, so I shall watch over them to build and to plant,” declares יהוה.

Daniel 9:14

“Hence יהוה  has watched over the evil and has brought it upon us. For יהוה  our Elohim is righteous in all the works which He has done, but we have not obeyed His voice.

Amos 3:4

Does a lion roar in the forest, when he has no prey? Does a young lion give forth his voice out of his den unless he has caught?

Amos 3:6

If a ram’s horn is blown in a city, do the people not tremble? If there is calamity in a city, shall not יהוה  have done it?