Amos 8:13 KJV — MannaFest

Amos 8:13

In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.

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ASV

In that day shall the fair virgins and the young men faint for thirst.

WEB

In that day the lovely young women— the young men as well— will faint from thirst.

YLT

In that day faint do the fair virgins, And the young men, with thirst.

DBT

In that day shall the fair virgins and the young men faint for thirst;

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Amos — A herdsman of Tekoa sent north to Bethel — a shepherd-prophet preaching judgment on a prosperous, comfortable, oppressive society. ‘Let justice roll down.’

Author: Amos, a herdman of Tekoa in Judah, sent to Israel at Bethel (1:1, 7:14)
Date: c. 760–750 BC, during the reigns of Uzziah in Judah and Jeroboam II in Israel

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Hosea 2:3
Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst.
Lamentations 2:21
The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied.
Lamentations 1:18
The Lord is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow: my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.
Isaiah 41:17–20
When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
Jeremiah 48:18
Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, come down from thy glory, and sit in thirst; for the spoiler of Moab shall come upon thee, and he shall destroy thy strong holds.

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); yet for this, which is the most mournful judgment of all, they are not here brought in mourning. The Vision of Summer Fruit. 1 Thus hath the Lord G OD shewed unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Those that trust in their own merit and righteousness, and think they have no need of Christ, others take to be meant by the fair virgins and the choice young men; they shall faint for thirst, when those that hunger and thirst after the righteousness of Christ shall be abundantly satisfied and filled.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

faint for thirst--namely, thirst for hearing the words of the Lord, being destitute of all other comfort. If even the young and strong faint, how much more the infirm (Isa 40:30, 31)!

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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