Amos 5:3 meaning and explanation
This is what the Lord GOD says: “The city that marches out a thousand strong will only see a hundred return, and the one that marches out a hundred strong will have but ten left in the house of Israel.”
Amos 5:3, Berean Standard Bible
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Amos speaks to the northern kingdom of Israel in the eighth century BC, and verse 3 belongs to the lamentation he takes up over them in verses 1 and 2. The people are confident in their armies and in their shrines, but the Lord announces that a city sending out a thousand soldiers will get a hundred back, and one sending a hundred will get ten.
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