Amos 4:8

8 People staggered from city to city for water to drink, but they were not satisfied; yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.

Amos 4:8 Meaning and Commentary

Amos 4:8

So two [or] three cities wandered unto one city, to drink
water
Two or three cities, that is, the inhabitants of them, being without water, went up and down in quest of any city or place where they could find water for themselves and cattle to drink: but they were not satisfied;
could not get enough for their present use and much less to carry back with them to supply them for any length of time; such a scarcity there was of it in other parts; see ( 1 Kings 18:5 1 Kings 18:6 ) ; yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord;
this had no more effect upon them than the other to relinquish their former courses, and return unto the Lord by humiliation and repentance.

Amos 4:8 In-Context

6 “I afflicted all your cities with cleanness of teeth and all your towns with lack of bread, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.

7 “I also withheld the rain from you when the harvest was three months away. I sent rain on one city but withheld it from another. One field received rain; another without rain withered.

8 People staggered from city to city for water to drink, but they were not satisfied; yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.

9 “I struck you with blight and mildew in your growing gardens and vineyards; the locust devoured your fig and olive trees, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.

10 “I sent plagues among you like those of Egypt; I killed your young men with the sword, along with your captured horses. I filled your nostrils with the stench of your camp, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.