Amos 3:5-12

5Does a bird land in a trap on the ground if there is no bait for it? Does a trap spring from the ground when it has caught nothing?

6If a ram’s horn is blown in a city, aren’t people afraid? If a disaster occurs in a city, hasn’t the Lord done it?

7Indeed, the Lord God does nothing without revealing his counsel to his servants the prophets.

8A lion has roared; who will not fear? The Lord God has spoken; who will not prophesy?

9Proclaim on the citadels in Ashdod and on the citadels in the land of Egypt: Assemble on the mountains of Samaria, and see the great turmoil in the city and the acts of oppression within it.

10The people are incapable of doing right  — this is the Lord’s declaration — those who store up violence and destruction in their citadels.

11Therefore, the Lord God says: An enemy will surround the land; he will destroy your strongholds and plunder your citadels.

12The Lord says: As the shepherd snatches two legs or a piece of an ear from the lion’s mouth, so the Israelites who live in Samaria will be rescued with only the corner of a bed or the cushion of a couch.