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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
The apostle John clarifies, “And this is what God has...
- Amos 5
when I will send a famine on the land The concept of famine in the ancient Near East was a dire threat, often seen as a direct consequence of divine displeasure. The Hebrew word for famine, "רָעָב" (ra'av), typically refers to a scarcity of food. However, this famine is metaphorical, indicating a deeper spiritual crisis.
Warnings about swarms of destructive locusts, devouring fires, the inescapable sword, and complete devastation, saturate the majority of his writings - until Amos disclosed the shocking outcome of their national disobedience and apostasy, "'behold, days are coming,' declares the Lord GOD, 'When I will send a famine on the land - not a famine ...
“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. The people would not suffer from a lack of food or water.
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 ...
Clarke's Commentary. Verse Amos 8:11. A famine in the land — The most grievous of all famines, a famine of the words of Jehovah; a time in which no prophet should appear, no spiritual counsellor, no faithful reprover, none any longer who would point out the way of salvation, or would assure them of the mercy of God on their repentance and ...
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Amos 8:11-14 meaning. Amos predicts a widespread famine and drought that will plague the nation Israel. It will not be a famine of food or thirst for water, but rather a starvation for hearing the words of the LORD. This oracle begins with the statement " Behold, days are coming " to alert the Israelites of the imminent nature of what was about ...
