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12 People[a] will stagger from sea to sea,[b]
and from the north around to the east.
They will wander about looking for a message from the Lord,
but they will not find any.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 8:12 tn Heb “they”; the referent (people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. Amos 8:12 tn That is, from the Mediterranean Sea in the west to the Dead Sea in the east—namely, across the whole land.
  3. Amos 8:12 tn It is not clear whether the speaker in this verse is the Lord or the prophet.