Amós 5:3

3 Assim diz o Soberano, o SENHOR:“A cidade que mandar milpara o exército ficará com cem;e a que mandar cem ficará com dez”.

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 Ouça esta palavra, ó nação de Israel, este lamento acerca de vocês:

2 “Caída para nunca mais se levantar,está a virgem Israel.Abandonada em sua própria terra,não há quem a levante”.

3 Assim diz o Soberano, o SENHOR:“A cidade que mandar milpara o exército ficará com cem;e a que mandar cem ficará com dez”.

4 Assim diz o SENHOR à nação de Israel:“Busquem-me e terão vida;

5 não busquem Betel,não vão a Gilgal,não façam peregrinação a Berseba.Pois Gilgal certamente irá para o exílio,e Betel será reduzida a nada”.