Amos 8:13
In that day the fair virgins and the young men will be feeble from need of water.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 63:1A Psalm. Of David. When he was in the waste land of Judah.
Isaiah 40:30Even the young men will become feeble and tired, and the best of them will come to the end of his strength;
Jeremiah 48:18Come down from your glory, O people of Dibon, and take your seat in the place of the waste; for the attacker of Moab has gone up against you, sending destruction on your strong places.
Lamentations 2:10The responsible men of the daughter of Zion are seated on the earth without a word; they have put dust on their heads, they are clothed in haircloth: the heads of the virgins of Jerusalem are bent down to the earth.
Hosea 2:3For fear that I may take away her robe from her, making her uncovered as in the day of her birth; making her like a waste place and a dry land, causing her death through need of water.
Zechariah 9:17For how good it is and how beautiful! grain will make the young men strong and new wine the virgins.
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 →