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Amos 8:13

Judgment

11 Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord GOD, when I will send a famine on the land— not a famine of bread or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the LORD.

12 People will stagger from sea to sea and roam from north to east, seeking the word of the LORD, but they will not find it.

In that day the lovely young women— the young men as well— will faint from thirst.

14 Those who swear by the guilt of Samaria and say, ‘As surely as your god lives, O Dan,’ or, ‘As surely as the way of Beersheba lives’— they will fall, never to rise again.”

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
In that day the lovely young women— the young men as well— will faint from thirst.
KJV
In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.
WEB
In that day the beautiful virgins and the young men will faint for thirst.
ASV
In that day shall the fair virgins and the young men faint for thirst.
DARBY
In that day shall the fair virgins and the young men faint for thirst;
BLB
On that day, the beautiful virgins will faint—and the young men—from thirst.
ÅB
På den dag skal de fagre jomfruer og de unge menn vansmekte av tørst,
OTB
På den dagen
vil de vakre unge kvinnene
og de sterke unge mennene besvime av tørst.
B1930
På den dag skal de fagre jomfruer og de unge menn vansmekte av tørst,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Hosea 2:3

    Otherwise, I will strip her naked and expose her like the day of her birth. I will make her like a desert and turn her into a parched land, and I will let her die of thirst.

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  • Lamentations 2:21

    Both young and old lie together in the dust of the streets. My young men and maidens have fallen by the sword. You have slain them in the day of Your anger; You have slaughtered them without compassion.

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  • Lamentations 1:18

    The LORD is righteous, for I have rebelled against His command. Listen, all you people; look upon my suffering. My young men and maidens have gone into captivity.

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  • Jeremiah 48:18

    Come down from your glory; sit on parched ground, O daughter dwelling in Dibon, for the destroyer of Moab has come against you; he has destroyed your fortresses.

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  • Zechariah 9:17

    How lovely they will be, and how beautiful! Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine, the young women.

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  • Isaiah 40:30

    Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall.

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  • Deuteronomy 32:25

    Outside, the sword will take their children, and inside, terror will strike the young man and the young woman, the infant and the gray-haired man.

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  • Psalms 63:1

    O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water.

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