Amos 5:2

The virgin Israel is fallen, & shall no more rise: she is left vpon her lande, and there is none to rayse her vp.

Bible (Bishops')

In The King James Version

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

In Context

1Heare ye this worde whiche I lift vp vpon you, [euen] a lamentation of the house of Israel.

3For thus sayth the Lorde God, The citie which went out by a thousand, shall leaue an hundreth, & that whiche went foorth by an hundreth, shall leaue ten, to the house of Israel.

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Cross References

Isaiah 14:21Let there a way be sought to destroy their children that be in their fathers wickednesse, that they come not vp agayne to possesse the lande, and fyll the worlde full of enemies.

Isaiah 37:22This is the aunswere that the Lorde hath geuen concernyng hym: Dispised art thou and mocked O daughter Sion, he hath shaken his head at thee O daughter of Hierusalem.

Isaiah 51:17Awake, awake, and stande vp O Hierusalem, thou that from the hande of the Lorde hast drunken out the cup of his wrath, thou that hast supped of and sucked out the slumbryng cuppe to the bottome.

Matthew Henry on Amos 5:2-4

Invitations and Warnings. ( b. c. 790.) 1 Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel. 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. 3 For thus saith the Lord God ; The city that went out by a thousand shall leave a hundred, and that which went forth by a hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel. This chapter begins, as those two next foregoing began, with, Hear this word. Where God has a mouth… Read the whole commentary →

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