Amos 8:13-14

13 “In that day “the lovely young women and strong young men will faint because of thirst.

14 Those who swear by the sin of Samaria— who say, ‘As surely as your god lives, Dan,’ or, ‘As surely as the god^[a] of Beersheba lives’— they will fall, never to rise again.”

Amos 8:13-14 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO AMOS 8

In this chapter a fourth vision is delivered, the vision of a "basket of summer fruit"; signifying the destruction of the ten tribes, for which they were ripe, and which would quickly come upon them, Am 8:1-3; the rich are reproved for their oppression of the poor, their covetousness and earthly mindedness, Am 8:4-6; for which they are threatened with entire ruin, sudden calamities, and very mournful times, instead of light, joy, and gladness, Am 8:7-10; and particularly with a famine of hearing the word of God, Am 8:11,12; the consequence of which would be, a fainting of the young men and virgins for thirst, and the utter and irrecoverable ruin of all idolaters, Am 8:13,14.

Cross References

• 1. S Isaiah 9:17
• 2. Isaiah 41:17; Hosea 2:3
• 3. Micah 1:5
• 4. S 1 Kings 12:29
• 5. S Amos 5:5
• 6. S Psalms 46:2
• 7. S Amos 5:2

Footnotes

• [a] Hebrew "the way"