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Amos 3:3-6

3 Do two walk together without having met? ^{▼▼ The rhetorical questions in vv. 3–5 expect the answer, “No, of course not!” Those in v. 6 anticipate the answer, “Yes, of course they do/he is.” They all draw attention to the principle of cause and effect and lay the logical foundation for the argument in vv. 7–8. Also note the progression from a general question in v. 3 to the “meetings” of two animals (v. 4), to that of an animal and a human trap (v. 5), to a climax with the confrontation with the Lord (v. 6). Each of these meetings is disastrous.}
4 Does a lion roar in the woods if he has not cornered his prey? ^{▼▼ Heb “without having prey [or “food”].”}
Does a young lion bellow from his den if he has not caught something?
5 Does a bird swoop down into a trap on the ground if there is no bait?
Does a trap spring up from the ground unless it has surely caught something?
6 If an alarm sounds ^{▼▼ Heb “If the ram’s horn is blown.”} in a city, do people not fear? ^{▼▼ Or “tremble” (NASB, NIV, NCV); or “shake.”}
If disaster overtakes a ^{▼▼ Heb “is in”; NIV, NCV, NLT “comes to.”} city, is the Lord not responsible? ^{▼▼ Heb “has the Lord not acted?”}