Amos 8:12
And they will go wandering from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, running here and there in search of the word of the Lord, and they will not get it.
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13In that day the fair virgins and the young men will be feeble from need of water.
Cross References
Proverbs 14:6The hater of authority, searching for wisdom, does not get it; but knowledge comes readily to the open-minded man.
Ezekiel 20:31And when you give your offerings, causing your sons to go through the fire, you make yourselves unclean with all your images to this day; and will you come to me for directions, O children of Israel? By my life, says the Lord, you will get no direction from me.
Hosea 5:6They will go, with their flocks and their herds, in search of the Lord, but they will not see him; he has taken himself out of their view.
Matthew 12:30Whoever is not with me is against me; and he who does not take part with me in getting people together, is driving them away.
Romans 9:31But Israel, going after a law of righteousness, did not get it.
2 Timothy 3:6For these are they who go secretly into houses, making prisoners of foolish women, weighted down with sin, turned from the way by their evil desires,
Matthew Henry on Amos 8:12-14
Spiritual Famine Threatened; Judgments Threatened. ( b. c. 785.) 11 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God , that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord : 12 And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the Lord , and shall not find it. 13 In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst. 14 They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say,… Read the whole commentary →