5:1 Listen to this funeral song I am ready to sing about you, 1 family 2 of Israel:
5:2 “The virgin 3 Israel has fallen down and will not get up again.
She is abandoned on her own land
with no one to help her get up.” 4
1 tn Heb “Listen to this word which I am about to take up against you, a funeral song.”
2 tn Heb “house.”
3 tn Or “young lady.” The term “Israel” is an appositional genitive.
4 tn Or “with no one to lift her up.”