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Amos 5:3

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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.

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  1. Amos 5:1

    Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel.

  2. Amos 5:2

    The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up.

  3. Amos 5:4

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

  4. Amos 5:5

    But seek not Beth–el, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beer–sheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Beth–el shall come to nought.

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