KJV King James Version
Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD:
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Amos 8:11
Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord GOD, when I will send a famine on the land—not a famine of bread or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the LORD.
WEB World English Bible
Behold, the days come,” says the Lord Yahweh, “that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of Yahweh.
ASV American Standard Version
Behold, the days come, saith the Lord Jehovah, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of Jehovah.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Lo, days are coming, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, And I have sent a famine into the land, Not a famine of bread, nor a thirst of water But of hearing the words of Jehovah.
Surrounding context — Amos 8
8 Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned, as [by] the flood of Egypt.
9 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:
10 And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only [son], and the end thereof as a bitter day.
11 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD:
12 And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find [it].
13 In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.
14 They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beersheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again.
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הִנֵּ֣ה׀H2009 · hin.nehbeholdיָמִ֣יםH3117 · yomdayבָּאִ֗יםH935 · boto come (in): comeנְאֻם֙H5002 · ne.umutteranceאֲדֹנָ֣יH136 · a.do.naiLordיְהוִ֔הH3069 · ye.ho.vihYHWH/Godוְהִשְׁלַחְתִּ֥יH7971 · sha.lachto send: departרָעָ֖בH7458 · ra.avfamineבָּאָ֑רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetלֹֽא־H3808 · lonotרָעָ֤בH7458 · ra.avfamineלַלֶּ֙חֶם֙H3899 · le.chemfoodוְלֹֽא־H3808 · lonotצָמָ֣אH6772 · tsa.mathirstלַמַּ֔יִםH4325 · ma.yimwaterכִּ֣יH3588 · kiforאִם־H518 · imifלִשְׁמֹ֔עַH8085 · sha.mato hear: hearאֵ֖תH853 · et[Obj.]דִּבְרֵ֥יH1697 · da.varwordיְהוָֽה׃H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORD
Cross-references
1 Samuel 3:1And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was precious in those days; [there was] no open vision.Psalm 74:9We see not our signs: [there is] no more any prophet: neither [is there] among us any that knoweth how long.2 Chronicles 15:3Now for a long season Israel [hath been] without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.1 Samuel 28:6And when Saul inquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.Ezekiel 7:26Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour; then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the ancients.Matthew 9:36But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.Micah 3:6Therefore night [shall be] unto you, that ye shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them.1 Samuel 28:15And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do.Isaiah 30:20-21And [though] the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers:Isaiah 5:6And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
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