Amós 8:13

13 »En aquel día se desmayarán de sedlas jóvenes hermosas y los jóvenes fuertes.

Amós 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.

Amós 8:13 In-Context

11 »Vienen días —afirma el SEÑOR omnipotente—,en que enviaré hambre al país;no será hambre de pan ni sed de agua,sino hambre de oír las palabras del SEÑOR.

12 La gente vagará sin rumbo de mar a mar;andarán errantes del norte al este,buscando la palabra del SEÑOR,pero no la encontrarán.

13 »En aquel día se desmayarán de sedlas jóvenes hermosas y los jóvenes fuertes.

14 Y caerán para no levantarse jamáslos que juran por la culpa de Samaria,los que dicen: “¡Por la vida de tu dios, oh Dan!¡Por la vida de tu dios, Berseba!”»