Forsaken. — Or rather dashed to the earth. “Virgin” is a feminine designation of Israel poetically expressive of grace and beauty. Comp. the epithet “daughter of Zion,” nations and cities being represented by a feminine personification. She is not annihilated, but obliterated as a nation.
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Amos 5:2
2 The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up.