A Lament for Israel
She will rise no more.
She lies forsaken on her land;
There is no one to raise her up.
“The city that goes out by a thousand
Shall have a hundred left,
And that which goes out by a hundred
Shall have ten left to the house of Israel.”
A Call to Repentance
Nor enter Gilgal,
Nor pass over to bBeersheba;
For Gilgal shall surely go into captivity,
And cBethel shall come to nothing.
| << Amos 5:2 | Amos 5:4 >> |
Amos 5:3
went out by a thousand—that is, "the city from which there used to go out a thousand" equipped for war. "City" is put for "the inhabitants of the city," as in Amos 4:8.
shall leave . . . hundred—shall have only a hundred left, the rest being destroyed by sword and pestilence (Deuteronomy 28:62).
| << Amos 5:2 | Amos 5:4 >> |
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