Amos 3:5

3:5 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?

Amos 5:19

5:19 Disaster will be inescapable, 1 

as if a man ran from a lion only to meet a bear,

then escaped 2  into a house,

leaned his hand against the wall,

and was bitten by a poisonous snake.

1 tn The words “Disaster will be inescapable” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

2 tn Heb “went” (so KJV, NRSV).