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Amos · Chapter 5

Amos 5:3

For the Lord GOD 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.”

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Before · Amos 5:1–2

1Listen to this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel: 2“The virgin of Israel has fallen; She shall rise no more. She is cast down on her land; there is no one to raise her up.”

3For the Lord GOD 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.”

After · Amos 5:4–5

4For the LORD says to the house of Israel: “Seek me, and you will live; 5but don’t seek Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and don’t pass to Beersheba; for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nothing.

Read all of Amos 5 (27 verses)

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