Indeed, Jehoahaz was not left with a force of more than 50 horsemen, 10 chariots and 10,000 foot soldiers, because the king of Aram had destroyed them and trampled them like dust when threshing.
Deuteronomy 28:62 - Tree of Life Version “You will be left few in number, instead of being like the stars of the sky in number—because you did not listen to the voice of Adonai your God. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
Indeed, Jehoahaz was not left with a force of more than 50 horsemen, 10 chariots and 10,000 foot soldiers, because the king of Aram had destroyed them and trampled them like dust when threshing.
Then He exiled all Jerusalem—all the captains, all the mighty men of valor, all the craftsmen and the smiths—10,000 exiles. None was left except the poorest sort of the people of the land.
Now the city was spacious and large, but there were few people within it and no houses were being built.
You multiplied their descendants like the stars of heaven, and You brought them into the land that You told their ancestors to enter and inherit.
Unless Adonai-Tzva’ot had left us a small remnant, we would have been as Sodom, we would have been as Gomorrah.
Therefore a curse will devour the land. Those dwelling there are found guilty. Therefore the inhabitants of the land will be burned up, so the people remaining are few.
Then I said, “Adonai, how long?” He answered, “Until cities are laid waste and without inhabitant, houses are without people, and the land is utterly desolate.
Though a tenth still be in it, it will again be burned. As a terebinth tree or as an oak whose stump remains when cut down, so the holy seed will be the stump.”
and said to the prophet Jeremiah, “Please, let our petition be presented before you, and pray to Adonai your God on our behalf, for all this remnant—for we who are left are but a few out of many, as you are seeing with your own eyes—
I will send the wild animals among you, which will rob you of your children, destroy your livestock, and make you so few in number that your roads will become deserted.
For thus says Adonai Elohim: “The city that sends out a thousand will have a hundred left, and one that sends out a hundred will have ten left for the house of Israel.”
And unless Adonai had cut short those days, no one would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, whom He chose, He cut short the days.
Adonai your God has multiplied you—and here you are today, like the stars of the heavens in number.
“‘May Adonai, God of your fathers, increase you a thousand times as many as you are, and may He bless you just as He has promised you!
Your fathers went down to Egypt with 70 persons, and now Adonai your God has made you like the stars of the heavens in number.
Adonai will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations where Adonai will drive you.