Matthew Poole and continuators on Amos 8:12

12 And they shall wander from sea to sea , and from the north even to the east , they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it .

Search all places for a Prophet or a Preacher, from the Syrian or Midland Sea to that of Tiberias, to the Dead Sea, and to the Red Sea.

That mountainous tract, whether persecuted Elijah fled, and perhaps other Prophets in like Circumstances retired, proverbially they shall search all Corners for a Prophet.

Shall diligently and speedily on every report that a Prophet is, on hear-says in such or such a place, hasten thither as Ahab in his search for Elijah, 1 Kings. 18.10.

hoping to hear some good news of an end of their miseries from God by a Prophet.

They persecuted, and slew such as foretold the beginning of this misery, and now 'tis come, they shall neither hear the news, nor see the hopes of an end. God did tell them it would be utter ruine, and no Prophet of God can tell them any better news.