Amos 5:2

The Betulat Yisroel is fallen; 1 she shall no more rise; 1 she is forsaken in her own land; 1 there is none to raise her up. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

1Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a kinah (lamentation), O Bais Yisroel. 1

3For thus saith Adonoi Hashem: 1 The city that went out by a thousand 1 will be left a hundred, 1 and that which went forth by an hundred 1 will be left ten, for Bais Yisroel. 1

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Cross References

2 Kings 17:16And they forsook all the mitzvot of Hashem Eloheihem, and made them massekhah, even two agalim, and made Asheirah, and worshiped all the Tzava HaShomayim, and served Ba'al.

Isaiah 14:21Prepare the matbe'ach (slaughterhouse) for his banim 1 for the avon (iniquity) of their avot; 1 that they do not rise, nor inherit eretz, 1 nor cover the surface of the tevel (earth) with towns. 1

Isaiah 37:22This is the davar which Hashem hath spoken concerning him; 1 The Betulat Bat Tziyon, hath despised thee, 1 and laughed thee to scorn; 1 the Bat Yerushalayim hath shaken 1 her head at thee. 1

Isaiah 51:17Awake, awake, rise up, O Yerushalayim, 1 which hast drunk at the Yad Hashem 1 the kos of His fury; thou hast drunk to the dregs 1 and drained dry the Kos HaTarelah (Cup of Reeling). 1

Jeremiah 4:20Shever (destruction) follows after shever; 1 for the whole land lies in ruins; 1 suddenly are my ohalim destroyed, 1 and my canopies rega. 1

Jeremiah 9:21Speak: Thus saith Hashem, 1 Even the nevilah of adam shall fall 1 like domen (dung) upon the sadeh, 1 and the omer (sheaf) after the kotzer (harvester), 1 and none shall gather them.

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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