Amos 5:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

Amos 5:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The city that went out by a thousand - (that is, probably that sent out a thousand fighting men, as the word “went out” is often used for, “went out” to fight,) “shall have” literally, “shall ret...
Amos 5:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

For thus saith the Lord GOD; The city that 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. (b) Meaning, that t...
Amos 5:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Impending Punishment. The prophet gives his next few words the form of a dirge ( kî nah , Amos 5:1 ). This ( Amos 5:2 ) is characterised by the peculiar kî nah-metre , consisting of three b...
Amos 5:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the Lord GOD. Hebrew. Adonai Jehovah . App-4. went out . goeth out [to war]. by. thousand . a thousand strong. Ref to Pentateuch ( Deuteronomy 32:30 ). App-92. by an hundred . a hundred stro...
Amos 5:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet now expresses more clearly what he had before said, — that the kingdom would perish and yet so that the Lord would preserve some remnants. Then as to the body of the people, Israel...
Amos 5:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. The city that went out b...
Amos 5:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The city that went out by a thousand— "The city which was able to furnish out a thousand men for war, shall have only a hundred of them left. Only one in ten of them shall escape the sword, and oth...
Amos 5:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. The city that went o...
Amos 5:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Third Address 1-6. A lament, a warning, and an invitation. 7, 10-20 . Denunciation of injustice and oppression, with threats of pestilence and judgment. 21-27 . A repudiation of their atte...
Amos 5:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Shall leave an hundred. — i.e. , shall have an hundred only as a remnant of the thousand who went forth to war. The great cities were to be decimated in the coming struggle with Assyria.
Amos 5:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2. FOR WORSHIP, JUSTICE Amos 5:1-27 In the next of these groups of oracles Amos continues his attack on the national ritual, and now contrasts it with the service of God in public life-the reli...
Amos 5:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Prepare to Meet Thy God” Amos 4:12-13 ; Amos 5:1-15 Worse judgments than those mentioned in the previous verses were in store but before they are inflicted, the entire nation is summoned to t...
Amos 5:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The third discourse was a description of Jehovah's judgment. This opened with a lamentation for the virgin of Israel, "The virgin of Israel is fallen, she shall no more rise, she is cast down upon he...
Amos 5:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

We have here some sweet tokens that the Lord is coming forth in mercy as well as judgment. When the Lord laments over his people, this is a sign of grace. And I beg the Reader to remark with me, that...
Amos 5:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For thus saith the Lord God ,.... This is a reason why there were none to raise her up: since the city that went out [by] a thousand shall leave an hundred ; that is, the city in which there were...
Amos 5:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 3. The city that...
Amos 5:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hear ye , &c. It is justly observed by Grotius, that this verse would be translated more according to the Hebrew thus; Hear ye this word, even a lamentation, which I take up over you It allude...
Amos 5:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Invitations and Warnings. B. C. 790. 1 Hear ye this word which I take up against you, e...
Amos 5:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Thus saith the Lord God: this solemnly attesteth the certainty of the thing. The city that went out by a thousand, that sent out one thousand soldiers as the quota they were assessed at to help a...
Amos 5:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Opening Lamentation. Amos Pronounces A Funeral Dirge Over Israel ( Amos 5:1-3 ). Amos now looks ahead into the future and proclaims a funeral dirge over Israel because her hope has gone (unless sh...
Amos 5:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES . ] This word ] A mournful song ( 2 Samuel 1:17-27 ). Take up ] Lit. lift up as if to cast down upon them. Amos 5:2 . Virgin ] The Israelite state unsubdued by foreigners. Falle...
Amos 5:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amos 5:2 . The virgin of Israel is fallen. Babylon, which had never been stormed by a besieging army, is called a virgin. Isaiah 47:1 . Thus Israel, whose kingdom had never yet been wholly subdue...
Amos 5:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Hear ye this word which I take up against you. The end of carnal security Such words as these must have fallen like a thunderbolt into the midst of the corrupt and careless inhabitants of Samar...
Amos 5:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Verse 1-ch. 6:14 § 8. Third address : the prophet utters a lamentation over the fall of Israel . ( Amos 6:1-30 .) He calls her to repentance, while he shows wherein she has decli...
Amos 5:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Israel's only Safety in Seeking the Lord
Amos 5:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 28:62 ; Deuteronomy 4:27 ; Ezekiel 12:16 ; Isaiah 1:9 ; Isaiah 10:22 ; Romans 9:27
Amos 5:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

By a thousand — That sent out one thousand soldiers. An hundred — Shall lose nine parts of them.

Amos 5:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Amos 5:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Amos 5:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 5:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Amos 5:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 5:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Amos 5:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Amos 5:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Amos 5:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 5:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Amos 5:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Amos 5:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Amos 5:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Amos 5:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Amos 5:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Amos 5:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Amos 5:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amos 5:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Amos 5:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Amos 5:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 5:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Amos 5:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amos 5:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Amos 5:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Amos 5:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Amos 5:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 5:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes