Amos 5:2

The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
virgin	בְּתוּלַ֖ת be.tu.Lat	H1330	a virgin (from her privacy) · noun, common feminine singular construct
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
fallen	נָֽפְלָה֙ na.fe.Lah	H5307	to fall · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular
more	תוֹסִ֣יף to.Sif	H3254	to add or augment (often adverbial · verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular
rise	ק֔וּם Kum	H6965	to rise (in various applications · verb, qal infinitive construct
forsaken	נִטְּשָׁ֥ה ni.te.Shah	H5203	properly · verb, niphal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular
land	אַדְמָתָ֖הּ 'ad.ma.Tah	H127	soil (from its general redness) · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
up	מְקִימָֽהּ me.ki.Mah	H6965	to rise (in various applications · verb, hiphil active participle, masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular

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Cross-references

Jeremiah 14:17 Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daught…
Hosea 14:1 O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
2 Kings 15:29 In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel-beth-maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and…
2 Kings 17:16 And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all…
Isaiah 3:8 For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings are against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of his glory.
Isaiah 14:21 Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the…
Isaiah 24:20 The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it;…
Isaiah 37:22 This is the word which the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn;…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Amos 5:1-3

This chapter begins, as those two next foregoing began, with, Hear this word. Where God has a mouth to speak we must have an ear to hear; it is our duty, it is our interest, yet so stupid are most men that they need to be again and again called upon to hear the word of the Lord, to give audience, to give attention. Hear this word. this convincing awakening word must be heard and heeded, as well as words of comfort and peace; the word that is taken up against us, as well as that which makes for us; for, whether we hear or forbear, the word of God shall take effect, and not a tittle of it shall fall to the ground. It is the word which I take up - not the prophet only, but the God that sent him…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Amos 5:2

virgin of Israel--the Israelite state heretofore unsubdued by foreigners. Compare Isa 23:12; Jer 18:13; Jer 31:4, Jer 31:21; Lam 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 prophecies. Compare Kg2 6:23; Kg2 24:7, for the restricted sense of "no more." forsaken upon her land--or, "prostrated upon," &c. (compare Eze 29:5; Eze 32:4) [MAURER].

Adam Clarke on Amos 5:2

The 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.

John Gill on Amos 5:2

The virgin of Israel is fallen,.... The kingdom of Israel, so called, because it had never been subdued, or become subject to a foreign power, since it was a kingdom; or because, considered in its ecclesiastic state, it had been espoused to the Lord as a chaste virgin; and perhaps this may be ironically spoken, and refers to its present adulterate and degenerated state worshipping the calves at Dan and Bethel; or else because of its wealth and riches and the splendour and gaiety in which it appeared; but now, as it had fallen into sin and iniquity, it should quickly fall by it, and on account of it, into ruin and misery; and because of the certainty of it it is represented as if it was alrea…

The Church Fathers

If, then, the apostle, who was a chosen vessel separated unto the gospel of Christ, by reason of the pricks of the flesh and the allurements of vice keeps his body and brings it into subjection, lest when he has preached to others he may himself be a cast away; and yet, for all that, sees another law in his members warring against the law of his mind, and bringing him into captivity to the law of sin; if after nakedness, fasting, hunger, imprisonment, scourging and other torments, he turns back to himself and cries, "Oh, wretched man that I am, who shall deliver me from the body of this death?" do you fancy that you ought to lay aside apprehension? See to it that God say not some day of you, "The virgin of Israel is fallen, and there is none to raise her up." I will say it boldly: God can do all things, but the virgin who has fallen will not be raised up. He may indeed relieve one who is defiled from the penalty of her sin, but he will not give her a crown. Let us fear lest in us also prophecy be fulfilled, "Good virgins shall faint." Notice that it is good virgins who are spoken of, for there are bad ones as well. "Whoever looks on a woman," the Lord says, "to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart." So that virginity may be lost even by a thought. Such are evil virgins in the flesh, not in the spirit; foolish virgins, who, having no oil, are shut out by the bridegroom.
— Jerome, LETTER 5

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Amos 5:2

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Amos 5:1-3

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Amos 5:2

Adam Clarke on Amos 5:2

John Gill on Amos 5:2

The Church Fathers

Amos 5:2

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Amos 5:1-3

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Amos 5:2

Adam Clarke on Amos 5:2

John Gill on Amos 5:2

The Church Fathers

John Calvin on Amos 5:2

Keil & Delitzsch on Amos 5:1-3

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Amos 5:2

Rashi on Amos 5:2