Amos 8:12
And they shall wander from yam to yam, 1 and from the tzafon (north) even to the mizrach (east), 1 they shall run to and fro to seek the Devar Hashem, 1 and shall not find it. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
13In that Yom shall the betulot hayafot (fair virgins) 1 and bochurim faint for thirst. 1
Cross References
Proverbs 14:6A scoffer seeketh chochmah, and findeth it not, 1 but da'as cometh easily unto him that is discerning. 1
Ezekiel 20:31For when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your banim to pass through the eish, ye make yourselves tameh with all your gillulim (idols), even unto this day; and shall I be inquired of by you, O Bais Yisroel? As I live, saith Adonoi Hashem, I will not be inquired of by you.
Hosea 5:6They shall go with their flocks 1 and with their herds to seek Hashem; 1 but they shall not find Him; 1 He hath withdrawn Himself from them. 1
Matthew 12:30The one not with me + 12:30 Moshiach is against me. + 12:30 anti-Moshiach And the one not gathering with me scatters.
Romans 9:31Whereas Yisroel pursuing a + 9:31 supposed zokheh-earning Tzidkat Torah did not arrive at that Torah?
2 Timothy 3:6For of such are the morim entering into homes and capturing weak-willed nashim laden with chatta'im, led away by various ta'avot,
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 →