Amos 8:14
Those swearing by the guilt of Samaria, And have said, Live doth thy god, O Dan, And, Live doth the way of Beer-Sheba, And they have fallen — and rise not again!'
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
13In that day faint do the fair virgins, And the young men, with thirst.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 33:11Bless, O Jehovah, his strength, And the work of his hands Thou acceptest, Smite the loins of his withstanders, And of those hating him — that they rise not!
1 Kings 12:29And he setteth the one in Beth-El, and the other he hath put in Dan,
1 Kings 13:22and turnest back and dost eat bread and drink water in the place of which He said unto thee, Thou dost not eat bread nor drink water — thy carcase cometh not in unto the burying-place of thy fathers.'
1 Kings 16:24and he buyeth the mount Samaria from Shemer, with two talents of silver, and buildeth [on] the mount, and calleth the name of the city that he hath built by the name of Shemer, lord of the hill — Samaria.
2 Chronicles 36:16and they are mocking at the messengers of God, and despising His words, and acting deceitfully with His prophets, till the going up of the fury of Jehovah against His people — till there is no healing.
Psalms 140:10They cause to fall on themselves burning coals, Into fire He doth cast them, Into deep pits — they arise not.
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 →