One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill.
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Interpretation
The Jews were the only professing people God then had in the world, yet many among them were rebellious. They had the light, but they loved darkness rather.
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This thought runs through Isaiah 30:13-17.