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She lies abandoned on the ground, with no one to help her up.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/amos/5.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“Fallen, no more to rise, is the virgin Israel; forsaken on her land, with none to raise her up.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/amos/5.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Fallen is Virgin Israel, never to rise again. She lies abandoned on her land, with no one to raise her up.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/amos/5.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; <i>there is</i> none to raise her up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/amos/5.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />The virgin of Israel has fallen; She will rise no more. She lies forsaken on her land; <i>There is</i> no one to raise her up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/amos/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />She has fallen, she will not rise again— The virgin Israel. She lies unnoticed on her land; There is no one to raise her up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/amos/5.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />She has fallen, she will not rise again— The virgin Israel. She lies neglected on her land; There is none to raise her up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/amos/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />She has fallen, she will not rise again— The virgin Israel. She <i>lies</i> neglected on her land; There is none to raise her up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/amos/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />She has fallen; she will not rise again— The virgin Israel. She <i>lies</i> abandoned on her land; There is none to raise her up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/amos/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />She has fallen, she will not rise again— The virgin Israel. She lies neglected on her land; There is no one to raise her up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/amos/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />She has fallen; Virgin Israel will never rise again. She lies abandoned on her land with no one to raise her up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/amos/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />She has fallen; Virgin Israel will never rise again. She lies abandoned on her land, with no one to raise her up. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/amos/5.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/amos/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You, dearest Israel, have fallen, never to rise again--you lie deserted in your own land, with no one to help you up. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/amos/5.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/amos/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The people of Israel have fallen, never to rise again. They lie abandoned in their own land. There is no one to help them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/amos/5.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Virgin Israel has fallen, Never to rise again! She lies abandoned on the ground, And no one helps her up. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/amos/5.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Fallen is Israel the virgin—never to rise again! She is abandoned on her own land, with no one to raise her up.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/amos/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />?Fallen is Virgin Israel, never to rise again. She lies abandoned on her land, with no one to raise her up.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/amos/5.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"The virgin Israel has fallen down and will not get up again. She is abandoned on her own land with no one to help her get up." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/amos/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"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."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/amos/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise! she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/amos/5.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“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.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/amos/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />“Fallen, not to rise again, has the virgin of Israel, "" Left on her land—she has none [to] raise [her] up.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/amos/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'Fallen, not again to rise, hath the virgin of Israel, Left on her land -- she hath no raiser up.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/amos/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />The virgin of Israel fell; she shall not add to rise: she was cast out upon her land; none raising her up.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/amos/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />The virgin of Israel is cast down upon her land, there is none to raise her up. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/amos/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />The virgin of Israel has been thrown onto her land, there is no one who can raise her up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/amos/5.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />She is fallen, to rise no more, virgin Israel; She lies abandoned on her land, with no one to raise her up. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/amos/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Fallen, no more to rise, is maiden Israel; forsaken on her land, with no one to raise her up.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/amos/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />The virgin of Israel is fallen, she shall no more rise; she is left lying on the ground, there is none to raise her up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/amos/5.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />She is fallen and she will not rise again; the virgin of Israel is left on the ground and there is none who raises her<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/amos/5.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/amos/5.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />The virgin of Israel has fallen upon his land; there is none that shall raise her up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/amos/5-2.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/u4uh7eMswjw?start=701" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/amos/5.htm">A Lamentation against Israel</a></span><br><span class="reftext">1</span>Hear this word, O house of Israel, this lamentation I take up against you: <span class="reftext">2</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5307.htm" title="5307: nā·p̄ə·lāh (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- To fall, lie. A primitive root; to fall, in a great variety of applications.">“Fallen is</a> <a href="/hebrew/1330.htm" title="1330: bə·ṯū·laṯ (N-fsc) -- Feminine passive participle of an unused root meaning to separate; a virgin; sometimes a bride; also a city or state.">Virgin</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">Israel,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">never</a> <a href="/hebrew/6965.htm" title="6965: qūm (V-Qal-Inf) -- To arise, stand up, stand. A primitive root; to rise.">to rise</a> <a href="/hebrew/3254.htm" title="3254: ṯō·w·sîp̄ (V-Hifil-Imperf-3fs) -- To add. A primitive root; to add or augment.">again.</a> <a href="/hebrew/5203.htm" title="5203: niṭ·ṭə·šāh (V-Nifal-Perf-3fs) -- A primitive root; properly, to pound, i.e. Smite; by implication to disperse; also, to thrust off, down, out or upon.">She lies abandoned</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/127.htm" title="127: ’aḏ·mā·ṯāh (N-fsc:: 3fs) -- Ground, land. From 'adam; soil.">her land,</a> <a href="/hebrew/369.htm" title="369: ’ên (Adv) -- As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.">with no</a> <a href="/hebrew/6965.htm" title="6965: mə·qî·māh (V-Hifil-Prtcpl-msc:: 3fs) -- To arise, stand up, stand. A primitive root; to rise.">one to raise her up.”</a> </span><span class="reftext">3</span>This is what the Lord GOD says: “The city that marches out a thousand strong will only see a hundred return, and the one that marches out a hundred strong will have but ten left in the house of Israel.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/13-16.htm">Hosea 13:16</a></span><br />Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/1-1.htm">Lamentations 1:1</a></span><br />How lonely lies the city, once so full of people! She who was great among the nations has become a widow. The princess of the provinces has become a slave.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/51-17.htm">Isaiah 51:17-20</a></span><br />Awake, awake! Rise up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of the LORD the cup of His fury; you who have drained the goblet to the dregs—the cup that makes men stagger. / Among all the sons she bore, there is no one to guide her; among all the sons she brought up, there is no one to take her hand. / These pairs have befallen you: devastation and destruction, famine and sword. Who will grieve for you? Who can comfort you? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/9-1.htm">Jeremiah 9:1-2</a></span><br />Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night over the slain daughter of my people. / If only I had a traveler’s lodge in the wilderness, I would abandon my people and depart from them, for they are all adulterers, a crowd of faithless people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/19-12.htm">Ezekiel 19:12-14</a></span><br />But it was uprooted in fury, cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit. Its strong branches were stripped off and they withered; the fire consumed them. / Now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land. / Fire has gone out from its main branch and devoured its fruit; on it no strong branch remains fit for a ruler’s scepter.’ This is a lament and shall be used as a lament.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/1-8.htm">Micah 1:8-9</a></span><br />Because of this I will lament and wail; I will walk barefoot and naked. I will howl like a jackal and mourn like an ostrich. / For her wound is incurable; it has reached even Judah; it has approached the gate of my people, as far as Jerusalem itself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/3-1.htm">Zephaniah 3:1-2</a></span><br />Woe to the city of oppressors, rebellious and defiled! / She heeded no voice; she accepted no correction. She does not trust in the LORD; she has not drawn near to her God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/3-26.htm">Isaiah 3:26</a></span><br />And the gates of Zion will lament and mourn; destitute, she will sit on the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/4-30.htm">Jeremiah 4:30-31</a></span><br />And you, O devastated one, what will you do, though you dress yourself in scarlet, though you adorn yourself with gold jewelry, though you enlarge your eyes with paint? You adorn yourself in vain; your lovers despise you; they want to take your life. / For I hear a cry like a woman in labor, a cry of anguish like one bearing her first child—the cry of the Daughter of Zion gasping for breath, stretching out her hands to say, “Woe is me, for my soul faints before the murderers!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/2-1.htm">Lamentations 2:1</a></span><br />How the Lord has covered the Daughter of Zion with the cloud of His anger! He has cast the glory of Israel from heaven to earth. He has abandoned His footstool in the day of His anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37</a></span><br />O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/19-41.htm">Luke 19:41-44</a></span><br />As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it / and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes. / For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-2.htm">Revelation 18:2</a></span><br />And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/11-11.htm">Romans 11:11-12</a></span><br />I ask then, did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Certainly not! However, because of their trespass, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel jealous. / But if their trespass means riches for the world, and their failure means riches for the Gentiles, how much greater riches will their fullness bring!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/21-43.htm">Matthew 21:43</a></span><br />Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken on her land; there is none to raise her up.</p><p class="hdg">virgin.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/37-22.htm">Isaiah 37:22</a></b></br> This <i>is</i> the word which the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, <i>and</i> laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/14-17.htm">Jeremiah 14:17</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/18-13.htm">Jeremiah 18:13</a></b></br> Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ask ye now among the heathen, who hath heard such things: the virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing.</p><p class="hdg">is fallen.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/15-29.htm">2 Kings 15:29</a></b></br> In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/17-16.htm">2 Kings 17:16</a></b></br> And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, <i>even</i> two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/3-8.htm">Isaiah 3:8</a></b></br> For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings <i>are</i> against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of his glory.</p><p class="hdg">she shall.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/14-21.htm">Isaiah 14:21</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/24-20.htm">Isaiah 24:20</a></b></br> 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; and it shall fall, and not rise again.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/43-17.htm">Isaiah 43:17</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="hdg">she is.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/4-20.htm">Jeremiah 4:20</a></b></br> Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, <i>and</i> my curtains in a moment.</p><p class="hdg">none.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/amos/7-2.htm">Amos 7:2-5</a></b></br> And it came to pass, <i>that</i> 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 <i>is</i> small… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/amos/9-11.htm">Amos 9:11</a></b></br> In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/51-17.htm">Isaiah 51:17,18</a></b></br> Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, <i>and</i> wrung <i>them</i> out… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/amos/4-3.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/hosea/4-10.htm">Deserted</a> <a href="/amos/3-14.htm">Fallen</a> <a href="/amos/2-15.htm">Feet</a> <a href="/hosea/4-10.htm">Forsaken</a> <a href="/amos/5-1.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/hosea/12-1.htm">Lies</a> <a href="/hosea/13-6.htm">Lifted</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-25.htm">Neglected</a> <a href="/amos/2-11.htm">Raise</a> <a href="/daniel/11-20.htm">Raiser</a> <a href="/joel/2-20.htm">Rise</a> <a href="/amos/2-8.htm">Stretched</a> <a href="/joel/1-8.htm">Virgin</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/amos/5-7.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/zephaniah/2-4.htm">Deserted</a> <a href="/amos/8-14.htm">Fallen</a> <a href="/micah/5-6.htm">Feet</a> <a href="/zephaniah/2-4.htm">Forsaken</a> <a href="/amos/5-3.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/micah/2-11.htm">Lies</a> <a href="/amos/5-26.htm">Lifted</a> <a href="/matthew/23-23.htm">Neglected</a> <a href="/amos/6-14.htm">Raise</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-32.htm">Raiser</a> <a href="/amos/7-9.htm">Rise</a> <a href="/amos/6-4.htm">Stretched</a> <a href="/matthew/1-23.htm">Virgin</a><div class="vheading2">Amos 5</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/amos/5-1.htm">A lamentation for Israel.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/amos/5-4.htm">An exhortation to repentance.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/amos/5-21.htm">God rejects their hypocritical service.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/amos/5.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/amos/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/amos/5.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Fallen is Virgin Israel</b><br>This phrase signifies the downfall of Israel, often referred to as a "virgin" to denote purity and a special relationship with God. The term "fallen" indicates a complete collapse, suggesting a sudden and irreversible event. Historically, this refers to the Assyrian conquest of Israel in 722 BC. The imagery of a "virgin" falling highlights the tragedy and loss of innocence due to Israel's idolatry and disobedience. This fall is a fulfillment of warnings given by prophets like Hosea and Isaiah, who also used similar imagery to describe Israel's unfaithfulness.<p><b>Never to rise again</b><br>This phrase emphasizes the finality of Israel's judgment. It suggests that the nation, in its current state, will not recover its former glory or status. This can be seen as a prophetic declaration of the end of the Northern Kingdom. Theologically, it underscores the consequences of persistent sin and rebellion against God. However, in a broader biblical context, it also points to the hope of restoration through a remnant, as seen in later prophecies and the New Testament, where spiritual Israel is restored through Christ.<p><b>She lies abandoned on her land</b><br>This imagery portrays Israel as forsaken and desolate, emphasizing the severity of God's judgment. The land, once a symbol of God's promise and blessing, becomes a place of desolation. This reflects the covenant curses outlined in <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a>, where disobedience leads to devastation. Archaeological evidence from sites like Samaria shows layers of destruction consistent with this period. The abandonment also signifies the withdrawal of God's presence, a theme echoed in Ezekiel's vision of God's glory departing from the temple.<p><b>With no one to raise her up</b><br>This phrase indicates the absence of any human or divine intervention to restore Israel. It highlights the helplessness and hopelessness of the situation. In the cultural context, it reflects the ancient Near Eastern practice where a fallen city or nation would often be aided by allies or gods. Here, Israel finds no such help, underscoring the totality of God's judgment. This also foreshadows the need for a divine savior, pointing to the ultimate redemption through Jesus Christ, who raises up the fallen and restores the broken.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/a/amos.htm">Amos</a></b><br>A prophet from Tekoa, a small town in Judah, who was called by God to deliver messages of judgment and repentance to the Northern Kingdom of Israel.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/v/virgin_israel.htm">Virgin Israel</a></b><br>A metaphorical term used to describe the nation of Israel, emphasizing its purity and chosen status before God, now fallen due to sin and idolatry.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_northern_kingdom_of_israel.htm">The Northern Kingdom of Israel</a></b><br>The ten tribes that split from Judah after the reign of Solomon, often characterized by idolatry and injustice, leading to their eventual downfall.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/d/desolation.htm">Desolation</a></b><br>The state of being deserted and abandoned, which is the consequence of Israel's unfaithfulness to God.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/j/judgment.htm">Judgment</a></b><br>The divine consequence pronounced by God through Amos, highlighting the seriousness of Israel's spiritual adultery and the inevitability of their downfall.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_sin.htm">The Consequences of Sin</a></b><br>Israel's fall serves as a stark reminder of the consequences of turning away from God. Sin leads to spiritual and often physical desolation.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_repentance.htm">The Importance of Repentance</a></b><br>The imagery of a fallen virgin highlights the need for repentance. God desires His people to return to Him with sincere hearts.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_righteous_judgment.htm">God's Righteous Judgment</a></b><br>God's judgment is just and righteous. He holds nations and individuals accountable for their actions, emphasizing the need for holiness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_beyond_judgment.htm">Hope Beyond Judgment</a></b><br>While <a href="/amos/5-2.htm">Amos 5:2</a> speaks of judgment, the broader biblical account assures us of God's mercy and the possibility of restoration through repentance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_faithfulness.htm">The Call to Faithfulness</a></b><br>Believers are called to remain faithful to God, avoiding the pitfalls of idolatry and injustice that led to Israel's downfall.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_amos_5.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Amos 5</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_assyria_conquer_israel.htm">Why did Assyria conquer Israel?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/ezekiel_34__judgment_inconsistencies.htm">Ezekiel 34 - Are there any inconsistencies with other prophetic books about how judgment is executed and who is held accountable?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_there_historical_proof_tyre_was_punished.htm">(Amos 1:9-10) Where is the external proof that Tyre was punished for breaking its covenant of brotherhood, or is this a theological claim without historical backing?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_'every_spiritual_blessing'.htm">Is Jesus the prophesied Messiah?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/amos/5.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(2) <span class= "bld">Forsaken.--</span>Or rather <span class= "ital">dashed to the earth. "</span>Virgin" is a feminine designation of Israel poetically expressive of grace and beauty. Comp. the epithet "daughter of Zion," nations and cities being represented by a feminine personification. She is not annihilated, but obliterated as a nation.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/amos/5.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 2.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The virgin of Israel;</span> <span class="accented">i.e.</span> the virgin Israel; so called, not as having been pure and faithful to God, but as tenderly treated and guarded from enemies (comp. <a href="/isaiah/23-12.htm">Isaiah 23:12</a>; <a href="/isaiah/47-1.htm">Isaiah 47:1</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/14-17.htm">Jeremiah 14:17</a>). <span class="cmt_word">Is fallen</span> (comp. <a href="/2_samuel/1-19.htm">2 Samuel 1:19</a>); <span class="cmt_word">she shall no more rise.</span> This is apparently a contradiction to the promise of restoration elsewhere expressed, but is to be explained either as referring exclusively to the ten tribes, very few of whom returned from exile, and to the kingdom of Israel which was never reestablished; or, as Pseudo-Rufinus says, "Ita debemus accipere quod lugentis affectu cumulatius aetimavit illata discrimina sicque funditus appellasse deletos, quos ex majore videret parte contritos." <span class="cmt_word">Forsaken upon her land;</span> better, <span class="accented">she shall be dashed upon her own land</span>; her own soil shall witness her ruin - that soil which was "virgin," unconquered, and her own possession. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/amos/5-2.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">“Fallen is</span><br /><span class="heb">נָֽפְלָה֙</span> <span class="translit">(nā·p̄ə·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5307.htm">Strong's 5307: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall, lie</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Virgin</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּתוּלַ֖ת</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ṯū·laṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1330.htm">Strong's 1330: </a> </span><span class="str2">A virgin, sometimes, a bride</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Israel,</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">never</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹֽא־</span> <span class="translit">(lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to rise</span><br /><span class="heb">ק֔וּם</span> <span class="translit">(qūm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6965.htm">Strong's 6965: </a> </span><span class="str2">To arise, stand up, stand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">again.</span><br /><span class="heb">תוֹסִ֣יף</span> <span class="translit">(ṯō·w·sîp̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3254.htm">Strong's 3254: </a> </span><span class="str2">To add, augment</span><br /><br /><span class="word">She lies abandoned</span><br /><span class="heb">נִטְּשָׁ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(niṭ·ṭə·šāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5203.htm">Strong's 5203: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pound, smite, to disperse, to thrust off, down, out, upon</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">her land,</span><br /><span class="heb">אַדְמָתָ֖הּ</span> <span class="translit">(’aḏ·mā·ṯāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_127.htm">Strong's 127: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ground, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with no</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵ֥ין</span> <span class="translit">(’ên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_369.htm">Strong's 369: </a> </span><span class="str2">A non-entity, a negative particle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">one to raise her up.”</span><br /><span class="heb">מְקִימָֽהּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(mə·qî·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6965.htm">Strong's 6965: </a> </span><span class="str2">To arise, stand up, stand</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/amos/5-2.htm">Amos 5:2 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/amos/5-2.htm">Amos 5:2 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/amos/5-2.htm">Amos 5:2 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/amos/5-2.htm">Amos 5:2 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/amos/5-2.htm">Amos 5:2 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/amos/5-2.htm">Amos 5:2 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/amos/5-2.htm">Amos 5:2 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/amos/5-2.htm">Amos 5:2 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/amos/5-2.htm">Amos 5:2 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/amos/5-2.htm">Amos 5:2 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/amos/5-2.htm">OT Prophets: Amos 5:2 The virgin of Israel has fallen (Amo. 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