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“Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord God, “That 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 Lord. They shall wander from sea to sea, And from north to east; They shall run to and fro, seeking the word of the Lord, But shall not find it. “In that day the fair virgins And strong young men Shall faint from thirst.
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 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.
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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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 ...
Oct 27, 2023 · And one of those is found in chapter eight, verse eleven of Amos, where it talks about a coming day of famine. 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 ...
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Amos 8:11. Behold the days come, saith the Lord — This is spoken of events which were yet at some distance. That I will send a famine in the land, not of bread, &c., but of hearing the words of the Lord — When Amos prophesied, and for a considerable time after, there were several prophets, and abundant opportunities of hearing the word of the Lord, in season and out of season: they had ...
