Amos 8:12

And they shall be moved (al)together from the sea till to the sea, and from the north till to the east they shall compass (about), seeking the word of the Lord, and they shall not find. (And they shall wander about from sea unto sea, and they shall go all around, from the north unto the east, seeking the word of the Lord, but they shall not find it.)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

11Lo! the days come, saith the Lord [God], and I shall send out hunger into (the) earth; not hunger of bread, neither thirst of water, but of hearing the word of God. (Behold! the days shall come, saith the Lord God, and I shall send out hunger, (or famine), into the earth; not a hunger for food, or a thirst for water, but a hunger for hearing the word of God.)

13In that day fair maidens shall fail, and young men in thirst, (On that day beautiful young women, and strong young men, shall fail for thirst,)

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Cross References

Proverbs 14:6A scorner seeketh wisdom, and he findeth it not, (or A mocker seeketh wisdom, but never findeth it); the teaching of prudent men is easy.

Ezekiel 20:31and in the offering of your gifts, when ye led over your sons by fire, ye be defouled in all your idols till today, and shall I answer to you, the house of Israel? I live, saith the Lord God, for I shall not answer to you; (and in the offering of your gifts, when ye led your sons and your daughters through the fire, ye be defiled with all your idols unto this day, and so shall I answer you, O house of Israel? As I live, saith the Lord God, I shall not answer you;)

Hosea 5:6In their flocks and in their droves, they go to seek the Lord, and they shall not find (him); he is taken away from them. (With their flocks and their herds, they go to seek the Lord, but they shall not find him; for he hath taken himself away from them.)

Matthew 12:30He that is not with me, is against me; and he that gathereth not together with me, scattereth abroad.

Romans 9:31But Israel (pur)suing the law of rightwiseness, came not perfectly to the law of rightwiseness. (But Israel following the law of righteousness, did not perfectly come to, or attain, the law of righteousness.)

2 Timothy 3:6Of these they be that pierce houses, and lead women captives [or and lead little women captive], charged (or burdened) with sins, which be led with diverse 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 →

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