8:12 People 1 will stagger from sea to sea, 2
and from the north around to the east.
They will wander about looking for a revelation from 3 the Lord,
but they will not find any. 4
1 tn Heb “they”; the referent (people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tn That is, from the Mediterranean Sea in the west to the Dead Sea in the east – that is, across the whole land.
3 tn Heb “looking for the word of.”
4 tn It is not clear whether the speaker in this verse is the