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If a trumpet sounds in a city, will the people not tremble?
Amos uses this question to remind people of what they already know about what happens when a trumpet sounds. This question can be translated as a statement. Alternate translation: "When the trumpet sounds in the city, the people will tremble." or "When the trumpet sounds in the city, we expect that people will tremble." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)
If a trumpet sounds in a city
The purpose of sounding the trumpet is to warn people that enemies are about to attack the city. Alternate translation: "If someone blows the trumpet in the city to warn the people about an enemy attack" or "If the warning trumpet is blown in the city" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)
tremble
The reason for trembling can be stated clearly. Alternate translation: "tremble because they are afraid" or "be afraid of the enemy and tremble" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)
If disaster overtakes a city, has Yahweh not sent it?
Amos uses this question to remind the people of what they should already know about what causes a disaster. This question can be translated as a statement. Alternate translation: "If disaster overtakes a city, Yahweh has sent it." or "If disaster overtakes a city, we know that Yahweh has sent it." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)
If disaster overtakes a city,
Something terrible happening to a city is spoken of as if disaster overtakes it. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)