Amos 8:13

13 In that day the beautiful virgins And the young men will faint for thirst.

Amos 8:13 Meaning and Commentary

Amos 8:13

In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for
thirst.
] After the word, for want of that grain and wine, which make young men and maids cheerful, ( Zechariah 9:17 ) ; but, being destitute of them, should be covered with sorrow, overwhelmed with grief, and ready to sink and die away. These, according to some, design the congregation of Israel; who are like to beautiful virgins, as the Targum paraphrases it; and the principal men of it, the masters of the assemblies: or, as others, such who were trusting to their own righteousness, and seeking after that which they could never attain justification by, and did not hunger and thirst after the righteousness of Christ, and so perished.

Amos 8:13 In-Context

11 Behold, the days come," says 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 They will wander from sea to sea, And from the north even to the east; They will run back and forth to seek the word of the LORD, And will not find it.

13 In that day the beautiful virgins And the young men will faint for thirst.

14 Those who swear by the sin of Shomron, And say, 'As your god, Dan, lives;' And, 'As the way of Be'er-Sheva lives;' They will fall, and never rise up again."