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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.’”
- Amos 5
In a string of dire predictions of coming doom (Amos...
- Amos 5
Amos 8:11 (NASB) The first act of punishment listed is that God would send a famine. But the famine was not one of no food or no water. The people would not suffer from a lack of food or water. Instead, they would suffer due to a famine of not hearing the words of the Lord. That is, they would not hear the words of Scripture which God wrote.
Sep 19, 2017 · Amos 8:11-13. Worse than famine, worse than drought, worse than natural disaster, worse terrible mourning, the day is coming, God says, when you will not be able to find me at all. There will be a famine of the words of Yahweh. You will look for me in the north, south, east, and west. You will stumble faintly from place to place trying to find ...
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 ...
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- Beacon Baptist Church
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 ...
Apr 7, 2020 · Amos 8:11–13 “Behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord GOD, “when I will send a famine on the land — not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the ...
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The Coming Famine (Amos 8:11-14) Theodore Roosevelt said, “A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.”. In today’s world, far more than TR’s world, a college education is almost indispensable—It is difficult find a good-paying job without some post-secondary education. But a knowledge of the Scriptures ...
