1. Amos 5:2 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

Why is Israel called a virgin?

Amos 5:2 (ESV)

2 “Fallen, no more to rise, is the virgin Israel; forsaken on her land, with none to raise her up.”

The word virgin depicts the vulnerability of Israel and the particular sadness that accompanies her death as though she had a whole life of love and fruitfulness ahead of her.1