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"A hundred left"

Text: Amos 5:3

A VERY BLEAK PICTURE

A very bleak scenario was described by the prophet Amos concerning the future of Israel.

“For thus says the Lord GOD:
‘The city that goes out by a thousand
Shall have a hundred left,
And that which goes out by a hundred
Shall have ten left to the house of Israel.'”
Amos 5:3

1. “Thus says the Lord GOD”

a) The Source of this prophecy was the Lord God Himself.

b) Amos was only His servant, His mouthpiece.

c) These words were:

i) Authoritative

ii) Prophetic

iii) Certain

iv) Powerful… for they will be fulfilled

2. “The city that goes out by a thousand”

a) Some cities were well-populated.

b) Some were moderately populated.

c) A city of a thousand people is not a very large city.

3. “Shall have a hundred left”

a) This was a sobering word.

b) Ninety per cent of the people would die because of war.

c) One cannot keep a city going with just a hundred people.

d) The situation was lamentable indeed!

4. “And that which goes out by a hundred”

a) Some cities (towns/ villages) were even smaller.

b) Some communities do not number beyond a hundred.

c) But when war comes, no one is spared.

d) The loss could be as high as ninety per cent.

e) One cannot keep a city going if there are only ten people there in the community.

The future of the nation was truly bleak and absolutely lamentable!