Amos 2:10

2:10 I brought you up from the land of Egypt;

I led you through the wilderness for forty years

so you could take the Amorites’ land as your own.

Amos 5:2

5:2 “The virgin ¹  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.” ² 

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¹ tn Or “young lady.” The term “Israel” is an appositional genitive.

² tn Or “with no one to lift her up.”