For He left of the army of Yeho’aḥaz only fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen, for the sovereign of Aram had destroyed them and made them like the dust at threshing.
Deuteronomy 28:62 - The Scriptures 2009 “And you shall be left with few men, although you had become as numerous as the stars of the heavens, because you did not obey the voice of יהוה your Elohim. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the LORD thy God. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And you shall be left few in number, whereas you had been as the stars of the heavens for multitude, because you would not obey the voice of the Lord your God. American Standard Version (1901) And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou didst not hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God. Common English Bible Once as countless as the stars in the night sky, only a few of you will be left alive—all because you didn’t obey the LORD your God’s voice. Catholic Public Domain Version And you will remain few in number, though you were before like the stars of heaven in multitude, because you would not listen to the voice of the Lord your God. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And you shall remain few in number, who before were as the stars of heaven for multitude: because thou heardst not the voice of the Lord thy God. |
For He left of the army of Yeho’aḥaz only fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen, for the sovereign of Aram had destroyed them and made them like the dust at threshing.
And he exiled all Yerushalayim, and all the officers and all the mighty brave men – ten thousand exiles – and all the craftsmen and smiths. None remained except the poorest people of the land.
And the city was wide on both sides and great, but the people in it were few, and the houses were not rebuilt.
“And You increased their children as the stars of the heavens, and brought them into the land which You had said to their fathers to go in and possess.
Unless יהוה of hosts had left to us a small remnant, we would have become like Seḏom, we would have been made like Amorah.
Therefore a curse shall consume the earth, and those who dwell in it be punished. Therefore the inhabitants of the earth shall be burned, and few men shall be left.
Then I said, “יהוה, until when?” And He answered, “Until the cities are laid waste and without inhabitant, and the houses are without a man, and the land is laid waste, a ruin,
“But still, there is a tenth part in it, and it shall again be for a burning, like a terebinth tree and like an oak, whose stump remains when it is cut down. The set-apart seed is its stump!”
and said to Yirmeyahu the prophet, “We beg you, let our petition be acceptable to you, and pray for us to יהוה your Elohim, for all this remnant, for we are few left of many, as your eyes see us.
and send wild beasts among you, which shall bereave you of your children. And I shall cut off your livestock, and make you few in number, and your highways shall be deserted.
For thus said the Master יהוה, “The city that goes out by a thousand has a hundred left, and that which goes out by a hundred has ten left to the house of Yisra’ĕl.”
“And if the Master had not shortened those days, no flesh would have been saved; but because of the chosen ones, whom He chose, He shortened the days.
יהוה your Elohim has increased you, and see, you are today as numerous as the stars of the heavens.
יהוה Elohim of your fathers is going to add to you a thousand times more than you are, and bless you as He has spoken to you!
“Your fathers went down to Mitsrayim with seventy beings, and now יהוה your Elohim has made you as numerous as the stars of the heavens.
“And יהוה shall scatter you among the peoples, and you shall be left few in number among the nations where יהוה drives you.