Amos 8:11

Look, the days are coming 1 —this is the declaration of the Lord Yahweh— 1 when I will send a famine in the land, 1 not a famine for bread, 1 nor of thirst for water, 1 but for hearing the words of Yahweh. 1

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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

10I will turn your festivals into mourning 1 and all your songs into lamentation. 1 I will make all of you wear sackcloth 1 and have baldness on every head. 1 I will make it like mourning for an only son, 1 and a bitter day to its end. 1

12They will stagger from sea to sea; 1 they will run from the north to the east 1 to seek the word of Yahweh, 1 but they will not find it. 1

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Cross References

1 Samuel 28:6Saul prayed to Yahweh for help, but Yahweh did not answer him—neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.

2 Chronicles 15:3Now for a long period, Israel was without the true God, without a teaching priest, and without the law.

Isaiah 5:6I will lay it waste, and it will not be pruned nor hoed. Instead, briers and thorns will spring up. 1 I will also command the clouds not to rain on it. 1

Ezekiel 7:26Disaster upon disaster will come, and there will be rumor after rumor. 1 Then they will seek a vision from the prophet, but the law will perish from the priest and advice from the elders. 1

Matthew 9:36When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were troubled and discouraged. They were 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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