Amos 5:3
Therefore thus saith the Lord God; The city out of which there went forth a thousand, in it there shall be left a hundred, and in that out of which there went forth a hundred, there shall be left ten to the house of Israel.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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In Context
2The virgin of Israel has fallen upon his land; there is none that shall raise her up.
4Wherefore thus saith the Lord to the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:62And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of the sky in multitude; because thou didst not hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God.
Isaiah 1:9And if the Lord of Sabaoth had not left us a seed, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been made like to Gomorrah.
Isaiah 10:22And though the people of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant of them shall be saved.
Amos 6:9And it shall come to pass, if there be ten men left in one house, that they shall die.
Matthew Henry on Amos 5:2-4
Invitations and Warnings. ( b. c. 790.) 1 Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel. 2 The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up. 3 For thus saith the Lord God ; The city that went out by a thousand shall leave a hundred, and that which went forth by a hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel. This chapter begins, as those two next foregoing began, with, Hear this word. Where God has a mouth… Read the whole commentary →