What does Amos 5:3 mean?
ESV: For thus says the Lord GOD: “The city that went out a thousand shall have a hundred left, and that which went out a hundred shall have ten left to the house of Israel.”
NIV: This is what the Sovereign LORD says to Israel: 'Your city that marches out a thousand strong will have only a hundred left; your town that marches out a hundred strong will have only ten left.'
NASB: For this is what the Lord God says: 'The city which goes forth a thousand strong Will have a hundred left, And the one which goes forth a hundred strong Will have ten left to the house of Israel.'
CSB: For the Lord God says: The city that marches out a thousand strong will have only a hundred left, and the one that marches out a hundred strong will have only ten left in the house of Israel.
NLT: The Sovereign Lord says: 'When a city sends a thousand men to battle, only a hundred will return. When a town sends a hundred, only ten will come back alive.'
KJV: 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.
NKJV: For thus says the Lord God: “The city that goes out by a thousand Shall have a hundred left, And that which goes out by a hundred Shall have ten left to the house of Israel.”
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