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Amos 5:3 Cross-References
Explore 8 cross-references for Amos 5:3 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Amos chapter 5 verse 3 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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.”
Amos 5:3 (KJV)
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Commentary on Amos 5:3
For thus saith the Lord GOD; The city that went out by a thousand shall leave an hundred (כִּי כֹה אָמַר אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה הָעִיר הַיֹּצֵאת אֶלֶף תַּשְׁאִיר מֵאָה, ki khoh amar Adonai YHWH ha'ir hayotset eleph tash'ir me'ah)—this verse quantifies the catastrophic military losses described in verse 2's funeral lament. The phrase "went out" (yatsa, יָצָא) means marching out to battle. Cities that fielded 1,000 soldiers will see 900 killed—90% casualty rate. The phrase and that which went forth by an hundred shall leave ten means cities fielding 100 soldiers will lose 90—again, 90% casualties. This ...
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Cross-References for Amos 5:3
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“If the number of the children of Israel are as the sand of the sea, it is the remnant who will be saved;,Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:,,,,,,,,”
“Israel”
“that also will in turn be consumed: as a terebinth”
“from the famine”
“whereas you were as the stars of the sky for multitude; because you didn't listen to the voice of Yahweh your God.”
“and you shall be left few in number among the nations”
“we would have been as Sodom; we would have been like Gomorrah.”
“if there remain ten men in one house”