Amos 5:3

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.
KJV

Quia hæc dicit Dominus Deus : Urbs de qua egrediebantur mille, relinquentur in ea centum ; et de qua egrediebantur centum, relinquentur in ea decem in domo Israël.
Vulgate

διὰ τοῦτο τάδε λέγει κύριος Κύριος Ἡ πόλις ἐξ ἧς ἐξεπορεύοντο χίλιοι, ὑπολειφθήσονται ρ’, καὶ ἐξ ἧς ἐξεπορεύοντο ρ’, ὑπολειφθήσονται δέκα τῷ οἴκῳ Ἰσραήλ.
LXX

For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: The city that went forth a thousand shall have a hundred left, and that which went forth a hundred shall have ten left, to the house of Israel.
ASV

כִּ֣י כֹ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣/י יְהוִ֔ה הָ/עִ֛יר הַ/יֹּצֵ֥את אֶ֖לֶף תַּשְׁאִ֣יר מֵאָ֑ה וְ/הַ/יּוֹצֵ֥את מֵאָ֛ה תַּשְׁאִ֥יר עֲשָׂרָ֖ה לְ/בֵ֥ית יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֖לֶף

'lp

adjective · 500×

בֵּ֣ית

byt

noun · 2032×

הִשְׁאִֽיר

hsh'yr

verb · 133×

noun · 440×

יְהוִ֔ה

yhvh

proper_noun · 305×

יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל

yshr'l

proper_noun · 2486×

יֹּ֣אמֶר

y'mr

verb · 5290×

כִּֽי

pronoun · 4439×

כֹּֽה

adverb · 574×

verb · 1071×

מֵא֖וֹת

m'vt

adjective · 581×

עִ֣יר

'yr

noun · 1093×

עֶ֣שֶׂר

'shr

adjective · 174×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Cross-references

Amos 6:9 — And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die.
Deut 4:27 — And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD shall lead you.
Deut 28:62 — And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the LORD thy God.
Ezek 12:16 — But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations among the heathen whither they come; and they shall know that
Isa 1:9 — Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.
Isa 6:13 — But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance
Isa 10:22 — For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness.
Rom 9:27 — 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: