Amos 8:13
in Amos 8In that day the lovely young women—the young men as well—will faint from thirst.
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ASV
In that day shall the fair virgins and the young men faint for thirst.
KJV
In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.
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This verse in Amos 8
Commentary
3 notes on this verseIn 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, Zec 9:17; but, being destitute of them, should be covered with sorrow, overwhelmed with grief, and ready to sink and die away.
This site's exposition
faint for thirst
on Amos 8:13-14
The fair virgins and young men, the strongest of the people, faint for thirst, the famine of the word reaching even those with every natural advantage. Those who swear by the sin of Samaria and by the god of Dan and the manner of Beer-sheba are named by the false worship centers themselves, the calf shrine at Dan and the corrupted rites at Beer-sheba standing in for the true altar at Jerusalem, and the sentence they shall fall, and never rise up again closes the chapter on the same finality the basket of summer fruit announced, no further reprieve on offer.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
In this hopelessness as to all relief, those too shall fail and sink under their sufferings, in whom life is freshest and strongest and hope most buoyant. Hope mitigates any sufferings. When hope is gone, the powers of life, which it sustains, give way. “They shall faint for thirst,” literally, “shall be mantled over, covered” , as, in fact, one fainting seems to feel as if a veil came over his brow and eyes. “Thirst,” as it is an intenser suffering than bodily hunger, includes sufferings of body and mind.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
“As your god lives, O Dan,” —One of the calves that Jeroboam erected in Dan.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
7 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בַּיּ֨וֹם | baiyom | in the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הַה֜וּא | hahu' | <the> that | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| תִּ֠תְעַלַּפְנָה | titalafnah | they will become faint | H5968 → | |
| הַבְּתוּלֹ֧ת | habetulot | the virgins | H1330 → | |
| הַיָּפ֛וֹת | haiyafot | <the> beautiful | H3303 → | |
| וְהַבַּחוּרִ֖ים | vehabachurim | and the young men | H970 → | 44 times |
| בַּצָּמָֽא׃ | batzama' | by <the> thirst | H6772 → |
בַּיּ֨וֹםin the day
baiyomH3117 →2304 times
הַה֜וּא<the> that
hahu'H1931 →1879 times
תִּ֠תְעַלַּפְנָהthey will become faint
titalafnahH5968 →
הַבְּתוּלֹ֧תthe virgins
habetulotH1330 →
הַיָּפ֛וֹת<the> beautiful
haiyafotH3303 →
וְהַבַּחוּרִ֖יםand the young men
vehabachurimH970 →44 times
בַּצָּמָֽא׃by <the> thirst
batzama'H6772 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Hosea 2:3Otherwise, I will strip her naked and expose her like the day of her birth. I will make her like a desert and turn her into a parched land, and I will let her…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 16:22
And in all your abominations and acts of prostitution, you did not remember the days of your youth when you were naked and bare, wallowing in your own blood.
- Ezekiel 16:22
Through
Lamentations 1:18The LORD is righteous, for I have rebelled against His command. Listen, all you people; look upon my suffering. My young men and maidens have gone into captivity.
it leads to
- Psalms 119:75
I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are righteous, and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.
- Zephaniah 3:5
The LORD within her is righteous; He does no wrong. He applies His justice morning by morning; He does not fail at dawn, yet the unjust know no shame.
- 1 Samuel 12:14–15
If you fear the LORD and serve Him and obey His voice, and if you do not rebel against the command of the LORD, and if both you and the king who reigns over…
- Psalms 119:75
Through
Lamentations 2:21Both young and old lie together in the dust of the streets. My young men and maidens have fallen by the sword. You have slain them in the day of Your anger; You have…
it leads to
- Zechariah 11:6
For I will no longer have compassion on the people of the land, declares the LORD, but behold, I will cause each man to fall into the hands of his neighbor and his king,…
- 2 Chronicles 36:17
So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God…
- Zechariah 11:6
Through
Jeremiah 48:18Come down from your glory; sit on parched ground, O daughter dwelling in Dibon, for the destroyer of Moab has come against you; he has destroyed your fortresses.
it leads to
- Numbers 21:30
But we have overthrown them; Heshbon is destroyed as far as Dibon. We demolished them as far as Nophah, which reaches to Medeba.”
- Isaiah 47:1
“Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of Chaldea! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate.
- Numbers 21:30
Where this verse is studied
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About Amos
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament.