Charles Ellicott Commentary Amos 5:2

"The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is cast down upon her land; there is none to raise her up." — Amos 5:2 (ASV)

Forsaken.— Or rather dashed to the earth. “Virgin” is a feminine designation of Israel poetically expressive of grace and beauty. Compare the epithet “daughter of Zion,” nations and cities being represented by a feminine personification. She is not annihilated, but obliterated as a nation.