Amos 8:12
People will wander from sea to sea, from north to east, running to and fro searching for the word of the Lord, but they will not find it.
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13On that day, even the beautiful girls and healthy young men will collapse from thirst.
Cross References
Proverbs 14:6It's pointless for a scoffer to look for wisdom, but knowledge comes easily to someone who understands.
Ezekiel 20:31When you present your offerings to idols and sacrifice your children in the fire, you continue to make yourselves unclean with all your idols right up until now. So should I give you advice when you ask me, people of Israel? As I live, declares the Lord God, I'm not going to answer you!
Hosea 5:6They will go to seek the Lord with their herds and flocks, but they will not find him, for he has given up on them.
Matthew 12:30Those who are not with me are against me, and those who do not gather together with me do the opposite: they are scattering.
Romans 9:31But the people of Israel, who looked to the law to make them right with God, never succeeded.
2 Timothy 3:6They're the kind of people that slip into homes and take control of vulnerable women who are burdened down by the guilt of sin and distracted by all kinds of 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 →