Amos 8:12
They will stagger from sea to sea; 1 they will run from the north to the east 1 to seek the word of Yahweh, 1 but they will not find it. 1
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13In that day the beautiful virgins 1 and the young men will faint from thirst. 1
Cross References
Proverbs 14:6A mocker seeks wisdom and there is none, 1 but knowledge comes easy to the one who is discerning. 1
Ezekiel 20:31When you offer up your gifts—when you cause your sons to pass through the fire—to this day you defile yourselves with all your idols. So why should I let you seek me, house of Israel? As I live—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration—I will not allow you to seek me.
Hosea 5:6They will go with their flocks and herds to seek Yahweh, 1 but they will not find him, 1 for he has withdrawn himself from them. 1
Matthew 12:30The one who is not with me is against me, and the one who does not gather with me scatters.
Romans 9:31But Israel, who did pursue a law of righteousness, did not arrive at it.
2 Timothy 3:6For some of them are men who enter into households and captivate foolish women. These are women who are heaped up with sins and are led away by various 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 →