Amos 5:2
1 Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel.
The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up.
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.
4 For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “Fallen is Virgin Israel, never to rise again. She lies abandoned on her land, with no one to raise her up.”
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- BLB
- “She has fallen; she will not again rise, the virgin of Israel—[for] she lies forsaken on her land, with no one to raise her up.”
- ÅB
- Hun er falt, hun skal aldri reise seg mere, jomfruen Israel; hun ligger nedkastet på sin egen grunn, det er ingen som reiser henne opp.
- OTB
- "Falt er Jomfru Israel,
hun skal ikke reise seg mer.
Hun ligger forlatt på sitt land;
det er ingen som løfter henne opp." - B1930
- Hun er falt, hun skal aldri reise sig mere, jomfruen Israel; hun ligger nedkastet på sin egen grunn, det er ingen som reiser henne op.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
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 daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.
Read in contextHosea 14:1
O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
Read in contextIsaiah 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.
Read in context2 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.
Read in context2 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.
Read in contextJeremiah 30:12–14
For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous.
Read in contextLamentations 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.
Read in contextEzekiel 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;
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