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Thus saith the Lord God: this solemnly attesteth the certainty of the thing.
The city that went out by a thousand, that sent out one thousand soldiers as the quota they were assessed at to help against an invader,
shall leave a hundred; shall lose nine parts of ten, so great shall the slaughter be which the prevailing enemy shall make upon Israel; and here the prophet useth a certain number to express an uncertain; or proverbially, scarce a tenth man shall escape.
That which went forth by a hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel; the kingdom of the ten tribes; and this perhaps may refer backward to Jehoahaz’s time, 2Ki 13; to be sure it is fulfilled in the wars of Shalmaneser and the taking Samaria.