Amos 5:2 Meaning and Explanation
“The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →The lament pictures Israel as a young woman fallen and unable to rise, with no one to lift her up.
What Does Amos 5:2 Mean?
The dirge continues with a haunting image: Israel as a young woman, full of promise, fallen to the ground and unable to rise again, abandoned on her own soil with no one to help her up. The picture is one of utter helplessness.
Israel, who had trusted in her own strength, is shown unable to rescue herself. The verse captures the despair that comes when a people have exhausted God's patience through their refusal to turn. Yet the very starkness of the lament is meant to drive the hearer to the only One who can raise the fallen. Where there is "none to raise her up" on earth, hope remains in the God who lifts the helpless. The reader is pressed to seek the only Helper who can restore.
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What does Amos 5:2 mean?
The lament pictures Israel as a young woman fallen and unable to rise, with no one to lift her up.