Amos 8:12

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And they have wandered from sea unto sea, And from north even unto east, They go to and fro to seek the word of Jehovah, And they do not find.

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  • 2 Tim 3:6-7 : 6 for of these there are those coming into the houses and leading captive the silly women, laden with sins, led away with desires manifold, 7 always learning, and never to a knowledge of truth able to come,
  • Matt 24:23-26 : 23 `Then if any one may say to you, Lo, here `is' the Christ! or here! ye may not believe; 24 for there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and they shall give great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, also the chosen. 25 Lo, I did tell you beforehand. 26 `If therefore they may say to you, Lo, in the wilderness he is, ye may not go forth; lo, in the inner chambers, ye may not believe;
  • Prov 14:6 : 6 A scorner hath sought wisdom, and it is not, And knowledge to the intelligent `is' easy.
  • Matt 11:25-27 : 25 At that time Jesus answering said, `I do confess to Thee, Father, Lord of the heavens and of the earth, that thou didst hide these things from wise and understanding ones, and didst reveal them to babes. 26 Yes, Father, because so it was good pleasure before Thee. 27 `All things were delivered to me by my Father, and none doth know the Son, except the Father, nor doth any know the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son may wish to reveal `Him'.
  • Rom 9:31-33 : 31 and Israel, pursuing a law of righteousness, at a law of righteousness did not arrive; 32 wherefore? because -- not by faith, but as by works of law; for they did stumble at the stone of stumbling, 33 according as it hath been written, `Lo, I place in Sion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence; and every one who is believing thereon shall not be ashamed.'
  • Rom 11:7-9 : 7 What then? What Israel doth seek after, this it did not obtain, and the chosen did obtain, and the rest were hardened, 8 according as it hath been written, `God gave to them a spirit of deep sleep, eyes not to see, and ears not to hear,' -- unto this very day, 9 and David saith, `Let their table become for a snare, and for a trap, and for a stumbling-block, and for a recompense to them; 10 let their eyes be darkened -- not to behold, and their back do Thou always bow down.'
  • Matt 12:30 : 30 `He who is not with me is against me, and he who is not gathering with me, doth scatter.
  • Dan 12:4 : 4 And thou, O Daniel, hide the things, and seal the book till the time of the end, many do go to and fro, and knowledge is multiplied.'

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    83%

    11Lo, days are coming, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, And I have sent a famine into the land, Not a famine of bread, nor a thirst of water But of hearing the words of Jehovah.

  • Amos 8:13
    78%

    13In that day faint do the fair virgins, And the young men, with thirst.

  • Hos 5:6
    78%

    6With their flock and with their herd, They go to seek Jehovah, and do not find, He hath withdrawn from them.

  • Ezek 34:5-6
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    76%

    5And they are scattered from want of a shepherd, And are for food to every beast of the field, Yea, they are scattered.

    6Go astray do My flock on all the mountains, And on every high hill, And on all the face of the land have My flock been scattered, And there is none inquiring, and none seeking.

  • Isa 8:20-22
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    75%

    20To the law and to the testimony! If not, let them say after this manner, `That there is no dawn to it.'

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  • Prov 1:28
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    28Then they call me, and I do not answer, They seek me earnestly, and find me not.

  • Ezek 7:25-26
    2 verses
    74%

    25Destruction hath come, And they have sought peace, and there is none.

    26Mischief on mischief cometh, and report is on report, And they have sought a vision from a prophet, And law doth perish from the priest, And counsel from the elders,

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    4They wandered in a wilderness, in a desert by the way, A city of habitation they have not found.

  • Jer 5:13
    73%

    13And the prophets become wind, And the word is not in them,' -- thus it is done by them.

  • Zeph 1:6
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    6And those removing from after Jehovah, And who have not sought Jehovah, nor besought Him.

  • Jer 17:15
    72%

    15Lo, they are saying unto me: `Where `is' the word of Jehovah? pray, let it come.'

  • Jer 14:16
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    16And the people to whom they are prophesying, Are cast into out-places of Jerusalem, Because of the famine, and of the sword, And they have none burying them, Them, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, And I have poured out upon them this evil.

  • Isa 5:30
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    30And it howleth against it in that day as the howling of a sea, And it hath looked attentively to the land, And lo, darkness -- distress, And light hath been darkened by its abundance!

  • Ps 59:15
    72%

    15They -- they wander for food, If they are not satisfied -- then they murmur.

  • Isa 13:14
    72%

    14And it hath been, as a roe driven away, And as a flock that hath no gatherer, Each unto his people -- they turn, And each unto his land -- they flee.

  • Isa 34:16
    72%

    16Seek out of the book of Jehovah, and read, One of these hath not been lacking, None hath missed its companion, For My mouth -- it hath commanded, And His spirit -- He hath gathered them.

  • Zech 7:14
    72%

    14And I toss them on all the nations, That they have not known, The land hath been desolate behind them, Of any passing by and turning back, And they set a desirable land for a desolation!

  • Job 30:3
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  • Hos 4:3
    71%

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  • Ezek 34:12
    71%

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  • Amos 5:4
    71%

    4For thus said Jehovah to the house of Israel: Seek ye Me, and live,

  • Amos 4:8
    71%

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  • Jer 14:18
    71%

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    71%

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    71%

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  • Jer 29:13
    71%

    13And ye have sought Me, and have found, for ye seek Me with all your heart;

  • Jer 10:21
    71%

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    71%

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  • Jer 6:10
    71%

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  • Hab 3:17
    71%

    17Though the fig-tree doth not flourish, And there is no produce among vines, Failed hath the work of the olive, And fields have not yielded food, Cut off from the fold hath been the flock, And there is no herd in the stalls.

  • Jer 50:3
    71%

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  • Hos 8:7
    71%

    7For wind they sow, and a hurricane they reap, Stalk it hath none -- a shoot not yielding grain, If so be it yield -- strangers do swallow it up.

  • Jer 9:10
    71%

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    71%

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    70%

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    12That day -- even unto thee it doth come in, From Asshur and the cities of the fortress, And from the fortress even unto the river, And from sea to sea, and mount to mount.

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    70%

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    70%

    13Therefore my people removed without knowledge, And its honourable ones are famished, And its multitude dried up of thirst.