Amos 8:12
They will wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east; they will run back and forth to seek the LORD’s word, and will not find it.
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In Context
13In that day the beautiful virgins and the young men will faint for thirst.
Cross References
Proverbs 14:6A scoffer seeks wisdom, and doesn’t find it, but knowledge comes easily to a discerning person.
Ezekiel 20:31When you offer your gifts, when you make your sons pass through the fire, do you pollute yourselves with all your idols to this day? Should I be enquired of by you, house of Israel? As I live, says the Lord GOD, I will not be enquired of by you!
Hosea 5:6They will go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD, but they won’t find him. He has withdrawn himself from them.
Matthew 12:30“He who is not with me is against me, and he who doesn’t gather with me, scatters.
Romans 9:31but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, didn’t arrive at the law of righteousness.
2 Timothy 3:6For some of these are people who creep into houses and take captive gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts,
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 →