The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up.
The virgin of Israel is fallen - the Israelite state, heretofore unsubdued by foreigners. Compare Isaiah 23:12; Jeremiah 18:13; Jeremiah 31:4; Jeremiah 31:21; Lamentations 2:13 ("What shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion?") 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).
She shall no more rise - in the existing order of things; in the Messianic dispensation it is to rise again, according to many prophecies (cf. 2 Kings 6:23, "So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel" (no more for a considerable time); 2 Kings 24:7, for the restricted sense of "no more").
She is forsaken upon her land - or [nipªshaah], "prostrated upon," etc. (cf. Ezekiel 29:5; Ezekiel 32:4, "I will cast thee forth upon the open field"). (Maurer.) 'She is dashed down upon her own ground. In the abode of her strength, in the midst of her resources, she should fall' (Pusey).