Amos 8 Study Notes
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8:9 The darkening of the sun implies the coming of the day of the Lord.
8:10 The vivid like mourning for an only son is borrowed by Zch 12:10.
8:11-12 The famine for hearing the words of the Lord suggests the time of Israel’s exile and Diaspora, when Jewish people would wander through the nations, alienated from their God and Messiah.
8:13 The thirst here is probably figurative as in v. 11. If beautiful (vigorous) young women and men faint, how much more would the rest of the population.
8:14 The guilt of Samaria is the shrines the people made throughout the land, but especially at Dan and Bethel. The way of Beer-sheba probably refers to the pilgrimage devotees made to Beer-sheba and by extension to the pagan god they worshiped there.