Amos 8:11

Hinei, the yamim come, saith Adonoi Hashem, 1 that I will send a ra'av (famine) in the land, 1 not a ra'av (famine) of lechem, nor a thirst for mayim, 1 but of hearing the Divrei Hashem; 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD:

In Context

10And I will turn your chagim into mourning, 1 and all your shirot into lamentation; 1 and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, 1 and baldness upon every rosh; 1 and I will make it as the mourning of a yachid (only son), 1 and the end thereof as a yom mar (bitter day). 1

12And they shall wander from yam to yam, 1 and from the tzafon (north) even to the mizrach (east), 1 they shall run to and fro to seek the Devar Hashem, 1 and shall not find it. 1

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Cross References

1 Samuel 28:6And when Sha'ul inquired of Hashem, Hashem answered him not, neither by chalomot (dreams), nor by Urim, nor by nevi'im.

2 Chronicles 15:3Now for yamim rabbim Yisroel hath been without the Elohei Emes, and without a Kohen Moreh, and without Torah.

Isaiah 5:6And I will lay it waste; 1 it shall not be pruned, 1 nor cultivated; 1 but there shall come up briers and thorns; 1 I will also command the clouds that they rain no matar (rain) upon it. 1

Ezekiel 7:26Disaster shall come upon disaster, and rumor shall be upon rumor; then shall they seek a chazon (vision) from the navi; but the torah shall perish from the kohen, and etzah from the zekenim (elders).

Matthew 9:36And looking out on the multitudes, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach felt rachmei Shomayim (heavenly compassion and mercy) for his people, for they were distressed and weary KATZON ASHER EIN LAHEM ROEH + 9:36 Num 27:17 (like sheep without a shepherd).

Matthew Henry on Amos 8:5-11

The Sin and Doom of Oppressors. ( b. c. 785.) 4 Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail, 5 Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit? 6 That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat? 7 The Lord hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget… Read the whole commentary →

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