Amos 4:8

8 So two or three cities wandered unto one city to drink water, but they were not satisfied; yet have ye not returned unto Me," saith 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 "And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places; yet have ye not returned unto Me," saith the LORD.

7 "And also I have withheld the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest; and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city. One piece was rained upon, and the piece upon which it rained not withered.

8 So two or three cities wandered unto one city to drink water, but they were not satisfied; yet have ye not returned unto Me," saith the LORD.

9 "I have smitten you with blight and mildew; when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the palmer worm devoured them; yet have ye not returned unto Me," saith the LORD.

10 "I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt; your young men have I slain with the sword, and have taken away your horses; and I have made the stink of your camps to come up unto your nostrils; yet have ye not returned unto Me," saith the LORD.