Amos 1-3

In the beginning of Amos 3 God wants to make certain that the people of Israel understand their coming punishment is not fate or bad fortune; he had dictated it. He make the point by asking seven questions with obvious answers. Beginning in verse 3 he asked about friendships. Verse 4 includes two questions about lions. Verse 5 presents two questions about traps.  Verse 6 ends the series with questions about a city under attack. The answer to that last question in verse 6 is rhetorical. It is the same answer as the previous six questions. God's methods are intentional and sure. Yet he does not act out of hatred, but from a broken heart that looks for any way possible to bring his people back to him.
Stuart