Chizuk Emunah Under the Microscope: Chapter 32

“Fallen, no more to rise,

is the virgin Israel;

forsaken on her land,

with none to raise her up.” (Amos 5:2)

Christian missionaries often use this verse to state that this means the old nation of Israel is annihilated. While this is a warning that the Northern Kingdom would be wiped out, this just does not apply to the Southern Kingdom. The problem with saying that this passage is about the eternal death of the nation of Judah is that chapters 9 and 12 speak to the contrary.

 “In that day I will raise up

the booth of David that is fallen

and repair its breaches,

and raise up its ruins

and rebuild it as in the days of old,

that they may possess the remnant of Edom

and all the nations who are called by my name,”

declares the Lord who does this.

“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord,

“when the plowman shall overtake the reaper

and the treader of grapes him who sows the seed;

the mountains shall drip sweet wine,

and all the hills shall flow with it.

I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel,

and they shall rebuild the ruined cities and inhabit them;

they shall plant vineyards and drink their wine,

and they shall make gardens and eat their fruit.

I will plant them on their land,

and they shall never again be uprooted

out of the land that I have given them,”

says the Lord your God. (Amos 9:11-15)