The prophets’ task

3 Two people certainly cannot [RHQ] walk together

if they have not already agreed about what place they will start walking from.

4 A lion certainly does not [RHQ] roar in the bushes/forest

if it has not killed another animal.

It does not [RHQ] growl in its den

if it is not eating the flesh of an animal that it has caught.

5 No one can [RHQ] catch a bird

if he does not set a trap for it.

A trap does not spring shut

unless some animal has not sprung the trap.

6 Similarly, all the people in a city certainly [RHQ] become afraid

when they hear someone blowing a trumpet

to signal that enemies are attacking.

And when a city experiences disaster,

Yahweh is the one who has caused it [RHQ].

7 And whatever Yahweh plans to do,

he tells his prophets about it.

8 Everyone certainly becomes terrified [RHQ] when they hear a lion roar,

and if Yahweh the Lord has given messages to prophets like me,

we certainly must [RHQ] proclaim those messages,

even if they cause people to become terrified.