The [a]virgin Israel is fallen, and shall no more rise: she is left upon her land, and there is none to raise her up.

For thus saith the Lord God, The city which went out by a thousand, shall leave [b]an hundred: and that which went forth by an hundred, shall leave ten to the house of Israel.

For thus saith the Lord unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 5:2 He so calleth them, because they so boasted of themselves or because they were given to wantonness and daintiness.
  2. Amos 5:3 Meaning, that the tenth part should scarcely be saved.

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