Charles Ellicott Commentary Amos 8:13

"In that day shall the fair virgins and the young men faint for thirst." — Amos 8:13 (ASV)

Faint. —That fair virgins and strong, brave youths should faint because of their raging thirst suggests that the less vigorous would suffer even more keenly. It is sad when old men stumble into the darkness of unbelief amid the shining of the noon-day sun, since they can remember the brightness of their morning; but there is always hope that their childlike spirit may return to them, and that at the evening time it may be light; but if fair virgins and strong youths are covered with the inward veil, what will become of them in their westering days? And where will the elders be if they have had no youth?