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Amos 5:3

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The Lord my Master says these things:

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Our soldiers are safe.\par No enemy is trying to break in.\par We are not going to war.\par People are not screaming in our streets.\par

\{This is true,\} but the Lord All-Powerful did allow a few people to continue living. We were not completely destroyed like the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. {\cf2\super [6]}

Your people are very many. They are like the sands of the sea. But only a few of the people will be left to come back to the Lord. Those people will return to God, but first, your country will be destroyed. God has announced that he will destroy the land. And then goodness will come into the land; it will be like a river flowing full.

But a tenth of the people will be allowed to stay in the land. These people will return \{to the Lord\} even though they were to be destroyed. These people will be like an oak tree. When the tree is chopped down, a stump is left. This stump (the people remaining) is a very special seed.

“But I will let a few of the people live. They won’t die from the disease, hunger, and war. I will let those people live so they can tell other people about the terrible things they did against me. And then they will know that I am the Lord.”

At that time, ten people in one house might survive, but they too will die.

And Isaiah cries out about Israel {\cf2\super [91]} :

You might have as many people as the stars in the sky. But only a few of you will be left. Why? Because you did not listen to the Lord your God.

“The Lord was happy to be good to you and to make your nation grow. In the same way, the Lord will be happy to ruin and destroy you. You are going to take that land to be yours. But people will take you out of that land!

The Lord will scatter you among the nations. And only a few of you will be left alive to go to the countries where the Lord will send you.




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