Amós 5:3

3 El Señor
Soberano dice:
«Cuando una ciudad mande a mil hombres a la guerra,
solo volverán cien.
Cuando un pueblo envíe a cien,
solo diez regresarán vivos».

Amós 5:3 Meaning and Commentary

Amos 5:3

For thus saith the Lord God
This is a reason why there were none to raise her up: since the city that went out [by] a thousand shall leave an hundred;
that is, the city in which there were a thousand constantly going in and out; or which sent, caused to go out, or furnished, a thousand men upon occasion for war, had only a hundred persons left in it; or there remained but a hundred of the thousand they sent out, the rest being destroyed by one means or another: and that which went forth [by] an hundred shall leave ten, to the house
of Israel;
where there were a hundred persons going out and coming in continually; or which sent out a hundred men to the army to fight their battles had now only ten remaining; to such a small number were they reduced all over the land, so that there were none, or not a number sufficient to raise up Israel to its former state and glory.

Amós 5:3 In-Context

1 Un llamado al arrepentimiento
¡Escucha, pueblo de Israel! Oye este canto fúnebre que entono:

2 «¡La virgen Israel ha caído,
nunca volverá a levantarse!
Yace abandonada en el suelo
y no hay quien la levante».

3 El Señor
Soberano dice:
«Cuando una ciudad mande a mil hombres a la guerra,
solo volverán cien.
Cuando un pueblo envíe a cien,
solo diez regresarán vivos».

4 Ahora bien, esto es lo que el Señor
dice a la familia de Israel:
«¡Vuelvan a buscarme y vivan!

5 No adoren en los altares paganos en Betel;
no vayan a los altares en Gilgal ni en Beerseba.
Pues el pueblo de Gilgal será arrastrado al destierro
y el pueblo de Betel será reducido a nada».