Amos 5:2

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

you, dearest Israel, have fallen, never to rise again— you lie deserted in your own land, with no one to help you up.

Cross References

2 Kings 15:29

During Pekah's rule, King Tiglath Pileser of Assyria marched into Israel. He captured the territories of Gilead and Galilee, including the towns of Ijon, Abel-Bethmaacah, Janoah, Kedesh, and Hazor, as well as the entire territory of Naphtali. Then he took Israelites from those regions to Assyria as prisoners.

2 Kings 17:16

The people of Israel disobeyed all the commands of the LORD their God. They made two gold statues of calves and set up a sacred pole for Asherah; they also worshipped the stars and the god Baal.

Isaiah 14:21

We will slaughter your sons to make them pay for the crimes of their ancestors. They won't take over the world or build cities anywhere on this earth.

Isaiah 24:20

It staggers and shakes like a drunkard or a hut in a storm. It is burdened down with sin; the earth will fall, never again to get up.

Isaiah 3:8

Jerusalem and Judah, you rebelled against your glorious LORD— your words and your actions, made you stumble and fall.

Isaiah 43:17

I sent an army to chase you with chariots and horses; now they lie dead, unable to move. They are like an oil lamp with the flame snuffed out.

Jeremiah 14:17

Jeremiah, go and tell the people how you feel about all this. So I told them: “Tears will flood my eyes both day and night, because my nation suffers from a deadly wound.

Jeremiah 18:13

So I, the LORD, command you to ask the nations, and find out if they have ever heard of such a horrible sin as what you have done.

Jeremiah 2:27

worship stone idols and sacred poles as if they had created you and had given you life. You have rejected me, but when you're in trouble, you cry to me for help.

Jeremiah 31:4

You are precious to me, and so I will rebuild your nation. Once again you will dance for joy and play your tambourines.

Jeremiah 4:20

I see the enemy defeating us time after time, leaving everything in ruins. Even my own home is destroyed in a moment.

Jeremiah 50:32

You are proud, but you will stumble and fall, and no one will help you up. I will set your villages on fire, and everything around you will go up in flames.

Jeremiah 51:64

“This is how Babylon will sink when the LORD destroys it. Everyone in the city will die, and it won't have the strength to rise again.” Jeremiah's writing ends here.

Jeremiah 8:4

The LORD said: People of Jerusalem, when you stumble and fall, you get back up, and if you take a wrong road, you turn round and go back.

Jeremiah 9:21

‘We were in our fortress, but death sneaked in through our windows. It even struck down children at play and our strongest young men.’

Jeremiah 9:9

Give me one good reason not to punish them as they deserve. I, the LORD All-Powerful, have spoken.

Lamentations 2:13

Zion, how can I comfort you? How great is your pain? Lovely city of Jerusalem, how can I heal your wounds, gaping as wide as the sea?

Hosea 14:1

Israel, return! Come back to the LORD, your God. Sin has made you fall.

Hosea 6:2

In two or three days he will heal us and restore our strength that we may live with him.

Amos 8:14

You made promises in the name of Ashimah, the goddess of Samaria. And you made vows in my name at the shrines of Dan and Beersheba. But you will fall and never get up.

Amos 9:11

In the future, I will rebuild David's fallen kingdom. I will build it from its ruins and set it up again, just as it used to be.