Amos 5:2

Amos 5:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up.
• New International Version (NIV)“Fallen is Virgin Israel, never to rise again, deserted in her own land, with no one to lift her up.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Fallen, no more to rise, is the virgin Israel; forsaken on her land, with none to raise her up."
• New King James Version (NKJV)The virgin of Israel has fallen; She will rise no more. She lies forsaken on her land; There is no one to raise her up.

Context of Amos 5:2

1Hear this word, a lamentation, which I take up against you, O house of Israel. The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more arise: she is cast down upon her land; there is none to raise her up. 3For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: The city that went forth a thousand shall have a hundred left, and that which went forth a hundred shall have ten left, for the house of Israel. 4For thus saith Jehovah unto the house of Israel: Seek ye me, and ye shall live.

Amos 5:2 word by word

נָֽפְלָה֙ לֹֽא־תוֹסִ֣יף ק֔וּם בְּתוּלַ֖ת יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל נִטְּשָׁ֥ה עַל־אַדְמָתָ֖הּ אֵ֥ין מְקִימָֽהּ׃Read the interlinear

• virginבְּתוּלָהbethûlâh · virginH1330
• Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• fallenנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fallH5307
• ariseקָמָיqûm · (Leb)-kamaiH6965
• landאֲדָמָה'ădâmâh · land: soilH127

Cross-references for Amos 5:2

• Isaiah 37:22this is the word which Jehovah hath spoken against him: The virgin-daughter of Zion despiseth thee, laugheth thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem shaketh her head at thee.
• Jeremiah 14:17And thou shalt say this word unto them: Let mine eyes run down with tears, night and day, and not cease; for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.
• Jeremiah 18:13Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Ask ye now among the nations, Who hath heard such things? The virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing.
• Jeremiah 31:4I will build thee again, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel! Thou shalt again be adorned with thy tambours, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.
• Lamentations 2:13What shall I take to witness for thee? what shall I liken unto thee, daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, virgin daughter of Zion? For thy ruin is great as the sea: who will heal thee?
• 2 Kings 15:29In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria came and took Ijon, and Abel-Beth-Maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.
• 2 Kings 17:16And they forsook all the commandments of Jehovah their God, and made them molten images, two calves, and made an Asherah, and worshipped all the host of the heavens, and served Baal;
• Isaiah 3:8For Jerusalem stumbleth and Judah falleth, because their tongue and their doings are against Jehovah, to provoke the eyes of his glory.
• Hosea 14:1O Israel, return unto Jehovah thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
• Isaiah 14:21Prepare ye slaughter for his children, because of the iniquity of their fathers; that they may not rise up and possess the earth, nor fill the face of the world with cities.
• Isaiah 24:20The earth reeleth to and fro like a drunkard, and is shaken like a night hut; and its transgression is heavy upon it; and it falleth and shall not rise again.
• Isaiah 43:17who bringeth forth chariot and horse, army and power — they lie down together, they shall not rise; they are extinct, they are quenched as tow:
• Jeremiah 51:64and shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise, because of the evil that I will bring upon it: and they shall be weary. Thus far the words of Jeremiah.
• Jeremiah 4:20Destruction upon destruction is proclaimed; for the whole land is wasted: suddenly are my tents laid waste, my curtains, in a moment.
• Amos 7:2And it came to pass, when they had wholly eaten the grass of the land, that I said, O Lord Jehovah, forgive, I beseech thee! How shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
• Amos 9:11In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David which is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up its ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:

Commentaries on Amos 5:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2The virgin of Israel - The kingdom of Israel, or the ten tribes, which were carried into captivity; and are now totally lost in the nations of the earth.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2She hath fallen, she shall rise no more, the virgin of Israel; she hath been dashed down upon her land, there is none to raise her up - Such is the dirge, a dirge like that of David over Saul and Jonathan, over what once was lovely and mighty, but which had perished. He speaks of all as past, and that, irremediably. Israel is one of the things which had been, and which would never again be. He calls her tenderly, “the virgin of Israel,” not as having…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2In political terms, virgin means a state that has not been conquered by a foreign power. For example: Babylon (Isaiah 47:1) Jerusalem (Lamentations 2:13; compare Lamentations 1:1)Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. virgin of Israel--the Israelite state heretofore unsubdued by foreigners. Compare Is 23:12; Jr 18:13; 31:4, 21; La 2:13; may be interpreted, Thou who wast once the "virgin daughter of Zion." Rather, "virgin" as applied to a state implies its beauty, and the delights on which it prides itself, its luxuries, power, and wealth [Calvin]. no more rise--in the existing order of things: in the Messianic dispensation it is to rise again, according to many…Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Israel
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• Jacob, Israel
• Manifold
• Seek

Commentaries on Amos 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings