Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Amos 5:3

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3. went out by a thousand —that is, "the city from which there used to go out a thousand" equipped for war. "City" is put for "the inhabitants of the city," as in Amos 4:8 . shall leave . . . hundred —shall have only a hundred left, the rest being destroyed by sword and pestilence ( Amos 4:8- : ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-4" class="com-number"