Amos 5:3
For thus saith the Lord God: The city, out of which came forth a thousand, there shall be left in it a hundred: and out of which there came a hundred, there shall be left in it ten, in the house of Israel.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Quia hæc dicit Dominus Deus : Urbs de qua egrediebantur mille, relinquentur in ea centum ; et de qua egrediebantur centum, relinquentur in ea decem in domo Israël.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- διὰ τοῦτο τάδε λέγει κύριος Κύριος Ἡ πόλις ἐξ ἧς ἐξεπορεύοντο χίλιοι, ὑπολειφθήσονται ρ᾽, καὶ ἐξ ἧς ἐξεπορεύοντο ρ᾽, ὑπολειφθήσονται δέκα τῷ οἴκῳ Ἰσραήλ.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- כִּ֣י כֹ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה הָעִ֛יר הַיֹּצֵ֥את אֶ֖לֶף תַּשְׁאִ֣יר מֵאָ֑ה וְהַיּוֹצֵ֥את מֵאָ֛ה תַּשְׁאִ֥יר עֲשָׂרָ֖ה לְבֵ֥ית יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
Haydock's commentary
City, before (Calmet) or after the captivity. It required a long time to fill the cities as they had been. (Haydock)
When the Assyrians invaded the country, it was greatly reduced. (Calmet)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.