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Amos 5:3

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For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: The city that went forth a thousand shall have a hundred left, and that which went forth a hundred shall have ten left, to the house of Israel.

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Amos 5:3 in other translations

For the Lord Yahweh says:
“The city that went out a thousand shall have a hundred left,
and that which went out one hundred shall have ten left to the house of Israel.”

Amos 5:3 · World English Bible

Amos 5:3 in context

  1. 1Hear ye this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel.
  2. 2The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is cast down upon her land; there is none to raise her up.
  3. 3For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: The city that went forth a thousand shall have a hundred left, and that which went forth a hundred shall have ten left, to the house of Israel.
  4. 4For thus saith Jehovah unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live;
  5. 5but seek not Beth-el, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beer-sheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Beth-el shall come to nought.