Amos 8:12-14

Easy-to-Read Version

¹² The people will wander around the country,
    from the Dead Sea to the Mediterranean Sea,
    and from the north part of the country to the east.
They will go back and forth looking for a message from the Lord,
    but they will not find it.
¹³ At that time the beautiful young men and women
    will become weak from thirst.
¹⁴ They made promises by the sin of Samaria,^[a]
    They said, ‘Dan,^[b] as surely as your god lives, we promise ….’
    And they said, ‘As surely as the god of Beersheba^[c] lives, we promise ….’
But they will fall
    and never get up again.”