Amos 8
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Amos 8:11-14

11“BeholdH2009, daysH3117 are comingH935,” declaresH5002 the LordH136 GodH3068, “When I will sendH7971 a famineH7458 on the landH776, Not a famineH7458 of breadH3899 or a thirstH6772 for waterH4325, But ratherH3588H518 1for hearingH8085 the wordsH1697 of the LordH3068.12People will staggerH5128 from seaH3220 to seaH3220 And from the northH6828 even to the eastH4217; They will roamH7751 aboutH7751 to 2seekH1245 the wordH1697 of the LordH3068, But they will not findH4672 it.13On that dayH3117 the beautifulH3303 3virginsH1330 And the youngH970 menH970 will 4faintH5968 from thirstH6772.14As for those who swearH7650 by the 56guiltH819 of SamariaH8111, And sayH559, ‘As your godH430 livesH2416, 7DanH1835,’ And, ‘As the wayH1870 of 8BeershebaH884 livesH2416,’ They will fallH5307 and 9not riseH6965 againH5750.”

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Notes

  1. 1. Amos 8:11 1 Sam 3:1; 2 Chr 15:3; Ps 74:9; Ezek 7:26; Mic 3:6 ↩
  2. 2. Amos 8:12 Ezek 20:3, 31 ↩
  3. 3. Amos 8:13 Lam 1:18; 2:21 ↩
  4. 4. Amos 8:13 Is 41:17; Hos 2:3 ↩
  5. 5. Amos 8:14 Or Ashimah ↩
  6. 6. Amos 8:14 Hos 8:5 ↩
  7. 7. Amos 8:14 1 Kin 12:28, 29 ↩
  8. 8. Amos 8:14 Amos 5:5 ↩
  9. 9. Amos 8:14 Amos 5:2 ↩

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