Amos 5:3
This is what the Lord GOD says:
What it says
The Lord GOD says Israel's cities will be reduced to only a fraction of their former strength.
What it is doing
This verse quantifies the ruin announced in the lament.
In context
1Hear this word, O house of Israel, this lamentation I take up against you: 2“Fallen is Virgin Israel, 3This is what the Lord GOD says: