Amos 8:13
In that Yom shall the betulot hayafot (fair virgins) 1 and bochurim faint for thirst. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 63:1(Mizmor Dovid. When he was in the midbar Yehudah) 1
Isaiah 40:30Even the ne'arim (youths) shall faint and grow weary, 1 and the bochurim shall utterly fall; 1
Jeremiah 48:18Thou Bat that dost inhabit Divon, 1 come down from thy kavod, and sit on parched ground; 1 for the plunderer of Moav shall come upon thee, 1 and he shall destroy thy strongholds. 1
Lamentations 2:10The Ziknei Bat Tziyon sit upon the ground, 1 and keep silence; 1 they have cast up aphar upon their heads; 1 they have girded themselves with sackcloth; 1 the Betulot Yerushalayim hang down 1 their heads to the ground. 1
Hosea 2:3Say ye unto your achim, Ami (My people); and to your achayot, Ruchamah (Pitied). 1
Zechariah 9:17For how great is its goodness, 1 and how great is its beauty! 1 Grain shall make the bochurim thrive, 1 and tirosh, the betulot.
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 →