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.
Amos 5:2 in other translations
| BSB | “Fallen is Virgin Israel, never to rise again. She lies abandoned on her land, with no one to raise her up.” |
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| WEB | “The virgin of Israel has fallen; She shall rise no more. She is cast down on her land; there is no one to raise her up.” |
| ASV | The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is cast down upon her land; there is none to raise her up. |
| YLT | ‘Fallen, not again to rise, hath the virgin of Israel, Left on her land--she hath no raiser up.' |
| DARBY | 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. |
| BBE | The virgin of Israel has been made low, never again to be lifted up: she is stretched out by herself on her land; there is no one to put her on her feet again. |
| Webster | The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise! she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up. |
What does Amos 5:2 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Amos 5:1-6
The convincing, awakening word must be heard and heeded, as well as words of comfort and peace; for whether we hear or forbear, the word of God shall take effect. The Lord still proclaims mercy to men, but they often expect deliverance from such self-invented forms as make their condemnation sure. While they refuse to come to Christ and to seek mercy in and by him, that they may live, the fire of Divine wrath breaks…
Amos 5:2 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Amos 5:2
- 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 daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.
- Hosea 14:1
O Israel, return unto the Lord thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
- 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 world with cities.
- 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 the host of heaven, and served Baal.
- 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 Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.
- Jeremiah 30:12-14
For thus saith the Lord, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous. There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up: thou hast no healing medicines. All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were increased.
- Lamentations 1:16-19
For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed. Zion spreadeth forth her hands, and there is none to comfort her: the Lord hath commanded concerning Jacob, that his adversaries should be round about him: Jerusalem is as a menstruous woman among them. The Lord is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow: my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity. I called for my lovers, but they deceived me: my priests and mine elders gave up the ghost in the city, while they sought their meat to relieve their souls.
- Ezekiel 16:36-37
Thus saith the Lord God; Because thy filthiness was poured out, and thy nakedness discovered through thy whoredoms with thy lovers, and with all the idols of thy abominations, and by the blood of thy children, which thou didst give unto them; Behold, therefore I will gather all thy lovers, with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all them that thou hast loved, with all them that thou hast hated; I will even gather them round about against thee, and will discover thy nakedness unto them, that they may see all thy nakedness.
- Hosea 6:2
After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
- Isaiah 43:17
Which bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power; they shall lie down together, they shall not rise: they are extinct, they are quenched as tow.
- Amos 7:2-5
And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord God, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small. The Lord repented for this: It shall not be, saith the Lord. Thus hath the Lord God shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord God called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part. Then said I, O Lord God, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
- Jeremiah 2:27
Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Isa 37:22; Jer 14:17; 18:13; 31:4; La 2:13
is fallen.
2Ki 15:29; 17:16; Isa 3:8; Ho 14:1
she shall.
Isa 14:21; 24:20; 43:17; Jer 51:64
she is.
Jer 4:20
none.
7:2-5; 9:11; Isa 51:17,18; Jer 2:27; 30:12-14; La 1:16-19
Eze 16:36,37; Ho 6:2
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Context
- Amos 5:1
Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel.
- 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.
- Amos 5:3
For thus saith the Lord God; The city that went out by a thousand shall leave an hundred, and that which went forth by an hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel.
Amos 5:2 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Cayó la virgen de Israel, no más podrá levantarse; dejada fué sobre su tierra, no hay quien la levante. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Elle est tombée, elle ne se relèvera pas, la vierge d’Israël; elle est étendue sur sa terre, il n’y a personne qui la relève. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Sie ist gefallen, die Jungfrau Israel, sie wird nicht wieder aufstehen; sie liegt hingeworfen auf ihrem Lande, niemand richtet sie auf. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Virgo Israël projecta est in terram suam, non est qui suscitet eam. |