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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
God’s people, both in Judah to the south (Amos’s home) and...
- Amos 5
“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.” 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.
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 ...
Amos stated in earlier chapters that the LORD had sent famine to the Israelite land, and it covered all their cities and all their places (Amos 4:6). God also caused His people to experience drought, a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall which led to a shortage of water ( Amos 4:7 ).
Amos 8 is a powerful chapter in the book of Amos, where the prophet Amos shares a divine vision of a basket of summer fruit, symbolizing the impending judgement of Israel. This chapter features strong criticism of the moral and spiritual decay of the people of Israel and reveals God's plan to punish their societal injustices and corrupt practices.
3. (11-14) The famine of hearing the word of God. “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,
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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.
