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12 People will go from sea to sea, and from the north to the east. They will go from place to place to look for the Word of the Lord, but they will not find it. 13 On that day the beautiful, pure, young women and the young men will lose their strength and fall because of thirst. 14 As for those who swear by the false gods of Samaria, saying, ‘As your god lives, O Dan,’ and ‘As the way of Beersheba lives,’ they will fall and never rise again.”

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12 People will stagger from sea to sea
    and wander from north to east,
searching for the word of the Lord,
    but they will not find it.(A)

13 “In that day

“the lovely young women and strong young men(B)
    will faint because of thirst.(C)
14 Those who swear by the sin of Samaria(D)
    who say, ‘As surely as your god lives, Dan,’(E)
    or, ‘As surely as the god[a] of Beersheba(F) lives’—
    they will fall,(G) never to rise again.(H)

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 8:14 Hebrew the way