Do two walk together, Unless they have agreed?
"Shall two walk together ..." Israel's having forsaken God's way means that they are no longer "agreed" with God. "Can they continue together?  The law of cause and effect operates to separate them."[7]  As Butler noted, "This verse is often quoted in treatises on `Unity,' but  Amos 3:3 has nothing to do with the subject of `Unity.'"[8]  There is a sin and consequence relationship in all of the statements here.  They all mean the same thing: "No calamities or judgments can fall upon any people, but by the express will of God, on account of their iniquities."[9]  All of these sayings likewise have a cause and effect connection.  "They illustrate the truth that all effects have causes, and that from the cause you can infer the effect."[10]