Amos 5:1-2

New English Translation

5 Listen to this funeral song I am ready to sing about you,^[a] family^[b] of Israel:

²“The virgin^[c] Israel has fallen down and will not get up again.
She is abandoned on her own land
with no one to help her get up.”^[d]

Amos 5:1 tn Heb “Listen to this word which I am about to take up against you, a funeral song.”
Amos 5:1 tn Heb “house.”
Amos 5:2 tn Or “young lady.” The term “Israel” is an appositional genitive.
Amos 5:2 tn Or “with no one to lift her up.”

Amos 5:1-2

New International Version

5 Hear this word, Israel, this lament^(A) I take up concerning you:

²“Fallen is Virgin^(B) Israel,
never to rise again,
deserted in her own land,
with no one to lift her up.^(C)”

New English Translation (NET)

New International Version (NIV)