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Amos 8:13

Judgment

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.

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

14 They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beer-sheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up 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

    Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst.

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  • Lamentations 2:21

    The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied.

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  • Lamentations 1:18

    The LORD is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow: my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.

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  • Jeremiah 48:18

    Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, come down from thy glory, and sit in thirst; for the spoiler of Moab shall come upon thee, and he shall destroy thy strong holds.

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  • Zechariah 9:17

    For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.

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  • Isaiah 40:30

    Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:

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  • Deuteronomy 32:25

    The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.

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  • Psalms 63:1

    O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;

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