Amos 8:13

In that day the beautiful virgins 1 and the young men will faint from thirst. 1

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In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.

In Context

12They 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

14Those who swear by the sin of Samaria + 8:14 Instead of the sin of Samaria , some versions have Ashimah of Samaria. Ashimah was the name of a pagan goddess worshiped in some parts of Syria . 1 and say, 'As your god lives, Dan,' 1 and, 'As the way to Beersheba exists'— + 8:14 The Hebrew text has As the way to Beersheba exists , where this might refer to what people going to worship Beersheba's idols might have said. However, some versions want to change the Hebrew text to read As the loved one of Beersheba lives . Here “loved one” stands for an idol worshiped in Beersheba. 1 they will fall and never rise again.”

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Cross References

Psalms 63:1God, you are my God! I earnestly search for you, 1 my soul thirsts for you, and my flesh longs for you, 1 in a dry and weary land where there is no water. 1

Isaiah 40:30Even young people become tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall: 1

Jeremiah 48:18Come down from your honored place and sit on the dry ground, you daughter living in Dibon. 1 For the one who will destroy Moab is attacking you, 1 the one who will destroy your strongholds. 1

Lamentations 2:10The elders of the daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence. 1 They have thrown dust on their heads and put on sackcloth. 1 The virgins of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground. 1

Hosea 2:3If not, I will strip her naked 1 and show her nakedness as on the day that she was born. 1 I will make her like the wilderness, 1 like a parched land, 1 and I will make her die from thirst. 1

Zechariah 9:17How good and how beautiful they will be! The young men will flourish on grain and the virgins on sweet wine!”

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 →

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