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What does Amos 5:3 mean?

This is what the Lord God says: The city that used to send out a thousand soldiers will have only a hundred left. The one that sent out a hundred will have just ten left for Israel's house. Amos 5:3 - Modern Text Bible

(Their population and strength will be decimated—only a tiny remnant will survive.)