הֲתִפֹּ֤ל צִפּוֹר֙ עַל־פַּ֣ח הָאָ֔רֶץ וּמוֹקֵ֖שׁ אֵ֣ין לָ֑הּ הֲיַֽעֲלֶה־פַּח֙ מִן־הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה וְלָכ֖וֹד לֹ֥א יִלְכּֽוֹד׃
Mahuhulog ba ang ibon sa bitag na nasa lupa kung walang silong huhuli sa kanya? Aangat ba ang bitag mula sa lupa nang wala talaga itong nahuhuli?
Rashi
Will a bird fall on a net upon the ground unless it has a snare—in the net which has fallen upon it?
Rashi
Will a net ascend from the ground—from the place it was laid unless a bird was caught in it? When it wishes to escape, it pulls up the net and lifts it from its place a little, and at that time it is caught.
Tze'enah Ure'enah
“Would a bird fall into a snare on the ground, when there is no trap for it?” [3:5]. If a bird would fall into a net and not be captured by it, so too Israel will not go free from the hands of the nations.7Radak, Amos, 3:5.