“As if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him; or he went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a snake bit him.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Amos 5 contains 27 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.