Amos 5:3

For, thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, The city that goeth out a thousand strong, shall have left it a hundred,—And, that which goeth out a hundred strong, shall have left it ten, belonging to the house of Israel.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

For thus saith the Lord GOD; The city that went out by a thousand shall leave an hundred, and that which went forth by an hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel.

In Context

2She hath fallen—she cannot again rise, the virgin, Israel,—she lieth forsaken on her soil, there is none to raise her up.

4For, thus, saith Yahweh, to the house of Israel,—Seek me, and live;

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:62And ye shall be left men few in number, whereas ye had become as the stars of the heavens for multitude,—because thou hast not hearkened unto the voice of Yahweh thy God.

Isaiah 1:9If, Yahweh of hosts, had not left us a very small remnant, Like Sodom, had we become, Gomorrah, had we resembled.

Isaiah 10:22For though thy people, O Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, A [mere] remnant, shall return of them,—A full end decreed, bringeth in, justice, like a flood;

Amos 6:9And it shall come to pass, though there be left remaining ten men in one house, yet shall they 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 →

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