Amos 5:3

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The LORD God has warned, “From every ten soldiers only one will be left; from a thousand troops, only a hundred will survive.”

Cross References

Psalm 144:14

and every cow have calves. Don't let our city be captured or any of us be taken away, and don't let cries of sorrow be heard in our streets.

Isaiah 1:9

Zion would have disappeared like Sodom and Gomorrah, if the LORD All-Powerful had not let a few of its people survive.

Isaiah 6:13

If only a tenth of the people are left, even they will be destroyed. But just as stumps remain after trees have been cut down, some of my chosen ones will be left.

Ezekiel 12:16

Some of them will survive the war, the starvation, and the deadly diseases. That way, they will be able to tell foreigners how disgusting their sins were, and that it was the LORD who punished them in this way.

Amos 6:9

If only ten of you survive by hiding in a house you will still die.

Romans 9:27

And this is what the prophet Isaiah said about the people of Israel, “The people of Israel are as many as the grains of sand along the beach. But only a few who are left will be saved.

Deuteronomy 28:62

There are as many of you now as the stars in the sky, but if you disobey the LORD your God, only a few of you will be left.

Deuteronomy 28:63

The LORD is happy to make you successful and to help your nation grow while you conquer the land. But if you disobey him, he will be just as happy to pull you up by your roots.

Deuteronomy 4:27

Only a few of you will survive, and the LORD will force you to leave the land and will scatter you among the nations.