Contemporary English Version Anglicised

Amos 3:5-9 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

5. How can anyone catch a birdwithout using a net?Does a trap spring shutunless something is caught?

6. Isn't the whole city frightenedwhen the trumpetsignals an attack?Isn't it the Lord who bringsdisaster on a city?

7. Whatever the Lord Godplans to do,he tells his servants,the prophets.

8. Everyone is terrifiedwhen a lion roars—and ordinary peoplebecome prophetswhen the Lord God speaks.

9. Here is a messagefor the leadersof Philistia and Egypt—tell everyone to come togetheron the hills of Samaria.Let them see the injusticeand the lawlessnessin that city.