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 the tenth part would hardly be saved.
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Amos 5:3
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.