Amos 5:2
The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up.
Cross-references
Amos 9:11 promises to raise David's fallen tent, directly reversing this verse's declaration that Israel will never rise again.
In Amos 7:2-5, Amos intercedes to prevent the very fall declared here, showing the power of prayer to change judgment.
Jeremiah 14:17 uses the same 'virgin daughter of my people' imagery to lament her crushing wound — reinforcing Amos's picture of Israel's fall.
Hosea 6:2 proclaims that Israel will be revived after two days—directly contradicting the statement that she will never rise again.
Lamentations 1:16-18 laments that the comforter is far and none to revive, mirroring the abandonment in this verse.
Jeremiah 51:64 uses the same 'rise no more' for Babylon's judgment, directly paralleling this verse's declaration of Israel's fall.
Jeremiah 31:4 promises rebuilding for 'virgin Israel' — directly reversing Amos's lament that she is fallen with no one to raise her.
Jeremiah 30:12-14 describes Israel's incurable wound with none to uphold, directly paralleling this verse's fallen and unlifted state.
Isaiah 51:18 says there is none to guide Jerusalem, closely matching this verse's 'no one to lift her up'.
Isaiah 37:22 personifies Jerusalem as a 'virgin daughter' — the same metaphor Amos uses for Israel's fallen state.
Isaiah 3:8 says Jerusalem has 'fallen' because of speech and deeds against the Lord — paralleling Amos's link between sin and downfall.
2 Kings 15:29 records the Assyrian conquest of Israel — the historical event that fulfills the fall Amos poetically describes.
Jeremiah 8:4 asks why people who fall don't get up, highlighting Israel's refusal to repent—leading to the permanent fall described here.
Hosea 5:5 says Israel's arrogance makes them stumble in sin, which is the reason for the fall from which they cannot rise.
2 Kings 21:14 states God will forsake his inheritance, echoing the abandonment of Israel 'on her land' with no one to lift her up.
Hosea 14:1 urges Israel to return after stumbling — offering a call to repentance absent in Amos's lament of total abandonment.
2 Kings 17:16 details Israel's idolatry — the sin that explains why Virgin Israel fell as Amos laments.
Jeremiah 18:13 calls 'virgin Israel' a doer of a horrible thing — linking her moral corruption to the fall Amos mourns.
Isaiah 24:20 describes the earth falling and not rising again — a cosmic judgment echoing the irreversible fall of Israel here.
Proverbs 24:16 says the righteous fall seven times but rise—contrasting with Israel's permanent fall here, implying she is not righteous.
2 Kings 19:21 also uses 'virgin daughter' for Jerusalem, but there she mocks enemies; here she is fallen. Same metaphor, different fate.