“(Chapter 5, Verses 1-2) Hear this word, which I bring against you as a lamentation. The house of Israel has fallen, and it shall not rise again. The virgin of Israel is cast down upon her own land; there is no one to raise her up. LXX: Hear this word, which I will take up against you as a lamentation. The house of Isr…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Commentary on Amos
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2The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up.
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1Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel.
— Amos 5:2 —
3For thus saith the Lord GOD; The city that went out by a thousand shall leave an hundred, and that which went forth by an hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel.
4For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live: