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Amos 5:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

The virgins of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up.

Lam. 2:13• ¹³What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee,{HR}O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee,{HR}O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee? (Lam. 2:13)

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virgin.

Isa. 37:22• ²²this [is] the word which Jehovah hath spoken against him. The virgin-daughter of Zion hath despised thee, [and] laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee. (Isa. 37:22)

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Jer. 14:17• ¹⁷{i}And thou shalt say this word unto them: Let mine eyes run down with tears, night and day, and not cease; for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.{/i} (Jer. 14:17)

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Jer. 18:13• ¹³Therefore, thus saith Jehovah; Ask ye now among the heathen, who hath heard such things: the virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing. (Jer. 18:13)

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Jer. 31:4• ⁴Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry. (Jer. 31:4)

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is fallen.

2 Kings 15:29• ²⁹{i}In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria came and took Ijon, and Abel-Beth-Maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.{/i} (2 Kings 15:29)

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2 Kings 17:16• ¹⁶{i}And they forsook all the commandments of Jehovah their God, and made them molten images, two calves, and made an Asherah, and worshipped all the host of the heavens, and served Baal;{/i} (2 Kings 17:16)

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Isa. 3:8• ⁸For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings are against Jehovah, to provoke the eyes of his glory. (Isa. 3:8)

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Hos. 14:1• ¹O Israel, return unto Jehovah thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. (Hos. 14:1)

she shall.

Isa. 14:21• ²¹Prepare ye slaughter for his children because of the iniquity of their fathers; that they rise not up and possess the earth, nor fill the face of the world with cities. (Isa. 14:21)

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Isa. 24:20• ²⁰The earth reeleth to and fro like a drunkard, and is shaken like a night-hut; and the transgression thereof is heavy upon it; and it falleth, and riseth not again. (Isa. 24:20)

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Isa. 43:17• ¹⁷who bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power—they lie down together, they shall not rise; they are extinct, they are quenched as flax— (Isa. 43:17)

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Jer. 51:64• ⁶⁴{i}and shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise, because of the evil that I will bring upon it: and they shall be weary. Thus far the words of Jeremiah{/i}. (Jer. 51:64)

she is.

Jer. 4:20• ²⁰Destruction upon destruction is cried; {i}for the whole land is wasted: suddenly are my tents laid waste, my curtains, in a moment.{/i} (Jer. 4:20)

none.

Amos 7:2‑5• ²{i}And it came to pass, when they had wholly eaten the grass of the land, that I said, O Lord Jehovah, forgive, I beseech thee! How shall Jacob arise? for he is small.{/i}
³{i}Jehovah repented for this: It shall not be, said Jehovah.{/i}
⁴{i}Thus did the Lord Jehovah show unto me; and behold, the Lord Jehovah called to contend by fire; and it devoured the great deep, and ate up the inheritance.{/i}
⁵{i}Then said I, O Lord Jehovah, cease, I beseech thee! How shall Jacob arise? for he is small.{/i} (Amos 7:2‑5)

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Amos 9:11• ¹¹In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; {i}and I will raise up its ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:{/i} (Amos 9:11)

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Isa. 51:17‑18• ¹⁷Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of Jehovah the cup of his fury; thou hast drunk — hast drained out the bowl of the cup of staggering.
¹⁸[There is] none to guide her among all the sons [whom] she hath brought forth; neither [is there any] that taketh her by the hand of all the sons [that] she hath brought up. (Isa. 51:17‑18)

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Jer. 2:27• ²⁷{i}saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth; for they have turned the back unto me, and not the face; and in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us!{/i} (Jer. 2:27)

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Jer. 30:12‑14• ¹²For thus saith Jehovah, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous.
¹³There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up: thou hast no healing medicines.
¹⁴All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were increased. (Jer. 30:12‑14)

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Lam. 1:16‑19• ¹⁶For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water,{HR}Because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me:{HR}My children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.
¹⁷Zion spreadeth forth her hands, and there is none to comfort her:{HR}Jehovah hath commanded concerning Jacob, that his adversaries should be round about him:{HR}Jerusalem is as a menstruous woman among them.
¹⁸Jehovah is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment:{HR}Hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow:{HR}My virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.
¹⁹I called for my lovers, but they deceived me:{HR}My priests and mine elders gave up the ghost in the city,{HR}While they sought their meat to relieve their souls. (Lam. 1:16‑19)

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Ezek. 16:36‑37• ³⁶thus saith the Lord Jehovah; because thy filthiness was poured out, and thy nakedness discovered through thy whoredoms with thy lovers, and with all the idols of thy abominations, and by the blood of thy children, which thou didst give unto them;
³⁷behold, therefore I will gather all thy lovers, with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all them that thou hast loved, with all them that thou hast hated; I will even gather them round about against thee, and will discover thy nakedness unto them, that they may see all thy nakedness. (Ezek. 16:36‑37)

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Hos. 6:2• ²After two days he will revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. (Hos. 6:2)

J. N. Darby Translation

The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more arise: she is cast down upon her land; there is none to raise her up.

W. Kelly Translation

The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more arise: she is cast down upon her land; there is none to raise her up.

WK Verse Note

(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)