הֲתִפֹּ֤ל צִפּוֹר֙ עַל־פַּ֣ח הָאָ֔רֶץ וּמוֹקֵ֖שׁ אֵ֣ין לָ֑הּ הֲיַֽעֲלֶה־פַּח֙ מִן־הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה וְלָכ֖וֹד לֹ֥א יִלְכּֽוֹד׃
פֿאַלט אַ פֿױגל אין פּאַסטקע אױף דער ערד, װוּ זי האָט ניט קײן שטרױכלונג? שפּרינגט-אױף אַ פּאַסטקע פֿון דער ערד, װוּ כאַפּן זאָל זי ניט האָבן געכאַפּט?
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.