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Amos 5

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27 verses in KJV · 388 outgoing cross-reference links

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Opening verses of Amos 5 (KJV)

5:1 Hear ye this word which I take up against you, [even] a lamentation, O house of Israel.

5:2 The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; [there is] none to raise her up.

5:3 For thus saith the Lord GOD; The city that went out [by] a thousand shall leave an hundred, and that which went forth [by] an hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel.

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Historical / attribution context

Traditional writer attribution: Amos

Approximate study chronology: c. 787 BC

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