Amós 8:13

13 “Naquele dia, as jovens belas e os rapazes fortesdesmaiarão de sede.

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 “Estão chegando os dias”, declara o SENHOR, o Soberano,“em que enviarei fome a toda esta terra;não fome de comida nem sede de água,mas fome e sede de ouvir as palavras do SENHOR.

12 Os homens vaguearão de um mar a outro,do Norte ao Oriente,buscando a palavra do SENHOR,mas não a encontrarão.

13 “Naquele dia, as jovens belas e os rapazes fortesdesmaiarão de sede.

14 Aqueles que juram pela vergonha de Samaria,e os que dizem: ‘Juro pelo nome do seu deus, ó Dã’ou ‘Juro pelo nome do deus de Berseba’,cairão, para nunca mais se levantar!”