Amos 8:13

Easy To Read Version

At that time,\par the beautiful young men and women\par will become weak from thirst.\par Those people made promises\par by the sin of Samaria, {\cf2\super [105]} \par They said,\par ‘Dan, {\cf2\super [106]} as surely as your god lives,\par \{we promise\} …’\par And they said,\par ‘As surely as the god of Beersheba {\cf2\super [107]} lives,\par \{we promise\} …’\par But those people will fall,\par and they will never get up again.”\par

Cross References

Psalm 63:1

God, you are my God.\par And I want you so much.\par My soul and my body thirst for you,\par like a dry, weary land with no water.\par

Isaiah 40:30

Young men become tired and need to rest.\par Even young boys stumble and fall.\par

Isaiah 9:17

All the people are evil. So the Lord is not happy with the young men. And the Lord will not show mercy to their widows and orphans. {\cf2\super [111]} Why? Because all the people are evil. The people do things that are against God. The people speak lies. So God will continue to be angry with the people. God will continue to punish the people.

Jeremiah 48:18

“You people living in Dibon, {\cf2\super [384]} \par come down from your place of honor.\par Sit on the ground in the dust.\par Why? Because the Destroyer is coming.\par And he will destroy your strong cities.\par

Lamentations 1:18

Now Jerusalem says,\par “I refused to listen to the Lord.\par So the Lord is right for doing these things.\par So listen, all you people!\par Look at my pain!\par My young women and men\par have gone into captivity.\par

Lamentations 2:10

The elders of Zion {\cf2\super [16]} sit on the ground.\par They sit on the ground and are quiet.\par They pour dust on their heads.\par They put on sackcloth. {\cf2\super [17]} \par The young women of Jerusalem\par bow their heads to the ground in sorrow.\par

Lamentations 2:21

Young men and old men\par lie on the ground in the streets\par of the city.\par My young women and young men\par have been killed by the sword.\par You, Lord, killed them on the day\par of your anger!\par You killed them without mercy!\par

Hosea 2:3

\{If she refuses to stop her adultery,\} I will strip her naked. I will leave her like the day she was born. \{I will take away her people\} and she will be like an empty, dry desert. I will kill her with thirst.

Hosea 2:5

Their mother has acted like a prostitute. Their mother should be ashamed of the things she did. She said, ‘I will go to my lovers. {\cf2\super [14]} My lovers give me food and water. They give me wool and linen. They give me wine and olive oil.’

Zechariah 9:17

Everything will be good and beautiful!\par There will be a wonderful crop,\par but it will not be just the food and wine.\par It will be all the young men and women!\par

Deuteronomy 32:25

In the streets, soldiers will kill them. In their houses, terrible things will happen. Soldiers will kill young men and women. They will kill babies and old people.