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11“Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord GOD, “When I will send a famine on the land, Not a famine for bread or a thirst for water, But rather for hearing the words of the LORD. 12People will stagger from sea to sea And from the north even to the east; They will go to and fro to seek the word of the LORD. But they will not find it.
11The time is surely coming, says the Lord GOD, when I will send a famine on the land; not a famine of bread, or a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD. 12They shall wander from sea to sea, and from north to east; they shall run to and fro, seeking the word of the LORD, but they shall not find it. (Amos 8:1-12)
1. Amos Part 2 “The Famine of the Word” Amos 8:9-15 As I begin Part 2 from the Minor Prophet Amos this week, I have discovered that starting with Chapter 7, God inspired Amos to preach on five visions of judgment. We could spend weeks with the sermons of Amos; however, you all get the point that the prophecy of Amos warns of a coming judgment.
Amos 8. Amos 8:1-3 – “Thus the Lord God showed me: Behold, a basket of summer fruit. 2 And He said, “Amos, what do you see?”. So I said, “A basket of summer fruit.”. Then the Lord said to me: “The end has come upon My people Israel; I will not pass by them anymore. 3 And the songs of the temple shall be wailing in that day ...
Feb 15, 2023 · We typically understand a famine as a lack of food or water, but Amos 8:11 speaks cryptically of a famine of the hearing of the Word of God: “‘The days are coming,’ declares the Sovereign Lord, ‘when I will send a famine through the land—not a famine of food or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the Lord.’”
Dec 10, 2009 · But there is another famine that is already here in America today. a. A famine that is every bit as destructive as any in history. b. It is slowly eating away at the very fabric of our country today. c. It is a famine of the Word of God. Amos 8:11 - 12 (NKJV) 11 “Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord GOD, “That I will send a famine ...
Oct 27, 2023 · This is what it says in chapter eight, verse eleven. The days are coming, declares the sovereign Lord, when I will send a famine through the land. But it’s not a famine of food or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the Lord. That doesn’t sound great. We need to ask some questions about what is this famine of hearing ...
