Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Amos 5:2
Verse Amos 5:2. The virgin of Israel] The kingdom of Israel, or the ten tribes, which were carried into captivity; and are now totally lost in the nations of the earth.
Verse Amos 5:2. The virgin of Israel] The kingdom of Israel, or the ten tribes, which were carried into captivity; and are now totally lost in the nations of the earth.
SHE HATH FALLEN, SHE SHALL RISE NO MORE, THE VIRGIN OF ISRAEL; SHE HATH BEEN DASHED DOWN UPON HER LAND, THERE IS NONE TO RAISE HER UP - Such is the dirge, a dirge like that of David over Saul and Jona...
CHAPTER 5 The Third Discourse _ 1. The lamentation (Amos 5:1) _ 2. Seek the Lord and ye shall live (Amos 5:4) 3. The wailing (Amos 5:16) 4. The captivity announced ...
THE IMPENDING PUNISHMENT. The prophet gives his next few words the form of a dirge (_kî nah_,_ Amos 5:1_). This (Amos 5:2) is characterised by the peculiar _kî nah-metre_, consisting of three beats or...
VIRGIN. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, for the house of Israel,. young girl who is beloved, as in Hosea. Compare Isaiah 37:22; Isaiah 47:1.Jeremiah 14:17;...
_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_. This is the -ḳînâh," written in a peculiar rhythm, which has been shewn...
_SEEK HIM THAT MADE THE STARS -- AMOS 5:1-9:_ Amos brought a mournful message from God to the house of Israel. He called upon them to listen to God's word. God is grieved over their wrongs and his des...
FORSAKEN, &C.— _Cast down,_ or _laid prostrate,_ &c. The kingdom of Israel, or of the ten tribes, after being carried into captivity, was never more re-established: it never formed a distinct kingdom...
REVELATION CALLS FOR REPENTANCEGOD'S WORD AGAINST ISRAEL TEXT: Amos 5:1-5 1 Hear ye this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel. 2 The virgin of Israel is fallen; she...
The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up. THE VIRGIN OF ISRAEL IS FALLEN - the Israelite state, heretofore unsubdued by f...
THE THIRD ADDRESS 1-6. A lament, a warning, and an invitation. 7, 10-20. Denunciation of injustice and oppression, with threats of pestilence and judgment. 21-27. A repudiation of their attempt to...
THE MAN WITH A DIFFICULT MESSAGE FROM GOD AMOS _MARK KIRKPATRICK_ CHAPTER 5 GOD ENCOURAGES ISRAEL’S PEOPLE TO COME BACK TO HIM V1 People in Israel, listen to this song. ‘This funeral song is ab...
FORSAKEN. — Or rather _dashed to the earth. “_Virgin” is a feminine designation of Israel poetically expressive of grace and beauty. Comp. the epithet “daughter of Zion,” nations and cities being repr...
נָֽפְלָה֙ לֹֽא ־תֹוסִ֣יף ק֔וּם בְּתוּלַ֖ת יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל...
2. FOR WORSHIP, JUSTICE Amos 5:1 In the next of these groups of oracles Amos continues his attack on the national ritual, and now contrasts it with the service of God in public life-the relief of the...
“PREPARE TO MEET THY GOD” Amos 4:12-13; Amos 5:1-15 Worse judgments than those mentioned in the previous verses were in store but before they are inflicted, the entire nation is summoned to the divin...
The third discourse was a description of Jehovah's judgment. This opened with a lamentation for the virgin of Israel, "The virgin of Israel is fallen, she shall no more rise, she is cast down upon her...
The (a) virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; [there is] none to raise her up. (a) He so calls them, because they so boasted of themselves, or because the...
We have here some sweet tokens that the Lord is coming forth in mercy as well as judgment. When the Lord laments over his people, this is a sign of grace. And I beg the Reader to remark with me, that...
Lectures on the Minor Prophets. W. Kelly. "The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the...
This was substantially the vengeance which was now nigh the Israelites, though they rested securely, and even scorned all the threatening of God. _The virgin of Israel, _he says, _has fallen _Expounde...
After having deplored the ruin of Israel, He contrasts the places of their false worship with Jehovah, the Creator, and exhorts them to come unto Him and live. But Israel put off the thought of the ev...
THE VIRGIN OF ISRAEL IS FALLEN,.... The kingdom of Israel, so called, because it had never been subdued, or become subject to a foreign power, since it was a kingdom; or because, considered in its ecc...
The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; [there is] none to raise her up. Ver. 2. _The virgin of Israel is fallen_] _i.e._ Though of the spouse of God sh...
_Hear ye_, &c. It is justly observed by Grotius, that this verse would be translated more according to the Hebrew thus; _Hear ye this word, even a lamentation, which I take up over you_ It alludes to...
ISRAEL'S ONLY SAFETY IN SEEKING THE LORD...
The virgin of Israel, the people called thus because they were to be the Lord's congregation, His chaste bride, IS FALLEN; SHE SHALL NO MORE RISE, not return to her former powerful and prosperous stat...
1-6 The convincing, awakening word must be heard and heeded, as well as words of comfort and peace; for whether we hear or forbear, the word of God shall take effect. The Lord still proclaims mercy t...
THE VIRGIN: this name is given to her not for her purity and integrity, for she was an adulteress, but either ironically, or because her present riches, glory, and beauty seemed to be that of a virgin...
Amos 5:2 virgin H1330 Israel H3478 fallen H5307 (H8804) rise H6965 (H8800) more H3254 (H8686) forsaken...
A LAMENTATION OVER ISRAEL (AMOS 5:1). While speaking powerfully Amos had no joy in what was to happen to Israel, and having pronounced judgment on them, he now laments what must necessarily be their e...
OPENING LAMENTATION. AMOS PRONOUNCES A FUNERAL DIRGE OVER ISRAEL (AMOS 5:1). Amos now looks ahead into the future and proclaims a funeral dirge over Israel because her hope has gone (unless she repen...
CONTENTS: God's lamentation over Israel and captivity foretold. The day of the Lord. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: If men will not take a right course to obtain the favor of God, God will take an eff...
Amos 5:2. _The virgin of Israel is fallen._ Babylon, which had never been stormed by a besieging army, is called a virgin. Isaiah 47:1. Thus Israel, whose kingdom had never yet been wholly subdued, is...
_Hear ye this word which I take up against you._ THE END OF CARNAL SECURITY Such words as these must have fallen like a thunderbolt into the midst of the corrupt and careless inhabitants of Samaria...
AMOS—NOTE ON AMOS 5:1 Although they face imminent destruction, God still pleads with his people to return to him. ⇐ ⇔
AMOS—NOTE ON AMOS 5:2 VIRGIN ISRAEL expresses the special value God places on Israel. ⇐ ⇔
CRITICAL NOTES.] THIS WORD] A mournful song (2 Samuel 1:17). TAKE UP] Lit. lift up as if to cast down upon them. AMOS 5:2. VIRGIN] The Israelite state unsubdued by foreigners. FALLEN] Violent death (2...
EXPOSITION VERSE 1-CH. 6:14 § 8. _Third address_:_ the prophet utters a lamentation over the fall of Israel_. (Amos 6:1.) He calls her to repentance, while he shows wherein she has declined from the...
Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation (Amos 5:1), Weeping over the house of Israel now. The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her l...
2 Kings 15:29; 2 Kings 17:16; Amos 7:2; Amos 9:11; Ezekiel 16:36;...
The virgin — So she was, when first espoused to God. Upon her land — Broken to pieces upon her own land, and so left as a broken vessel....