Verse Lens · Concise explanation
Amos 5:3 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 3. 3For 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.
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Quick Meaning
This verse quantifies devastating military survival as one hundred from a thousand and ten from a hundred.
Read It With
- Amos 5:1-3
Read Amos 5:3 with 5:1-3. This verse quantifies devastating military survival as one hundred from a thousand and ten from a hundred. The complete unit establishes this movement: Amos sings Israel's funeral before the final collapse: the once-protected young nation lies fallen, and only a decimated force remains.
Why This Verse Appears Here
The lament makes the threatened loss emotionally present before the urgent invitation to seek life. Within that movement, this verse quantifies devastating military survival as one hundred from a thousand and ten from a hundred.
What Remains True
Communal defeat is pictured as decimation, not a statistic for modern forecasting.
How It Can Shape Life
- Mourn casualties and examine causes without converting ratios into prophecy codes.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Amos 5:1-3 — A Funeral Lament over Fallen IsraelSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing Scripture wording, paragraph markers, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage.
Exact location: Amos 5:1-3, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Amos
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording, morphology, clause relationships, wordplays, names, and the base text behind translation discussion.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Amos.xml, 5:1-3
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: Amos with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Verse-level translation, syntax, textual, literary, historical, and uncertainty notes.
Exact location: NET Bible Amos PDF, printed pp. 1713-1716, translation and notes on 5:1-3
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