| Geneva Study Bible The {a} virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up. (a) He so calls them, because they so boasted of themselves, or because they were given to lustfulness and daintiness. Wesley's Notes 5:2 The virgin - So she was, when first espoused to God. Upon her land - Broken to pieces upon her own land, and so left as a broken vessel. Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 2. virgin of Israel-the Israelite state heretofore unsubdued by foreigners. Compare Isa 23:12; Jer 18:13; 31:4, 21; La 2:13; may be interpreted, Thou who wast once the "virgin daughter of Zion." Rather, "virgin" as applied to a state implies its beauty, and the delights on which it prides itself, its luxuries, power, and wealth [Calvin]. no more rise-in the existing order of things: in the Messianic dispensation it is to rise again, according to many prophecies. Compare 2Ki 6:23; 24:7, for the restricted sense of "no more." forsaken upon her land-or, "prostrated upon," &c. (compare Eze 29:5; 32:4) [Maurer]. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 5:1-6 The convincing, awakening word must be heard and heeded, as well as words of comfort and peace; for whether we hear or forbear, the word of God shall take effect. The Lord still proclaims mercy to men, but they often expect deliverance from such self-invented forms as make their condemnation sure. While they refuse to come to Christ and to seek mercy in and by him, that they may live, the fire of Divine wrath breaks forth upon them. Men may make an idol of the world, but will find it cannot protect. | 
