We escaped as a bird out of the trap of fowlers (bird catchers). The trap is broken, and we have escaped.

Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.

Till a dart strikes through his liver. The bird hurries to the snare without knowing it would cost his life.

For man does not know his time. Like fish caught in an evil net, and like birds caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falls suddenly upon them.

Hear this, O you priests and pay attention, O house of Israel. Give ear (listen)! O house of the king the judgment is about you. You have been a snare at Mizpah and a net spread upon Tabor.

Prophets are God's watchmen over Ephraim. Yet, traps are set on every prophet's path and people are hostile in the Temple of their God.

Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where there is no trap for him? Will a trap spring up from the ground when nothing at all sprung it?

Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where there is no trap for him? Will a trap spring up from the ground when nothing at all sprung it?

David says, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumbling block, and recompense to them.

I say this for your benefit and not to restrict you. I show you how to live a noble life of devotion to the Lord without being distracted by other things.