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Amos 5:1-2
New English Translation

Death is Imminent

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]

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

2 “Beautiful Israel lies broken and crushed upon the ground and cannot rise. No one will help her. She is left alone to die.”

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