OLD TESTAMENT

Amos 5:3

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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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Verse 3. City, before ( Calmet.) or after the captivity. It required a long time to fill the cities as they had been. Bible.—When the Assyrians invaded the country, it was greatly reduced. Calmet.

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