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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Amos 5:2 - 5:2
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virgin of Israel - the Israelite state heretofore unsubdued by foreigners. Compare Isa 23:12; Jer 18:13; Jer 31:4, Jer 31:21; Lam 2:13; may be interpreted, Thou who wast once the “virgin daughter of Zion.” Rather, “virgin” as applied to a state implies its beauty, and the delights on which it prides itself, its luxuries, power, and wealth [Calvin].
no more rise - in the existing order of things: in the Messianic dispensation it is to rise again, according to many prophecies. Compare 2Ki 6:23; 2Ki 24:7, for the restricted sense of “no more.”
forsaken upon her land - or, “prostrated upon,” etc. (compare Eze 29:5; Eze 32:4) [Maurer].