Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “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. New Living Translation “The time is surely coming,” says the Sovereign LORD, “when I will send a famine on the land— not a famine of bread or water but of hearing the words of the LORD. English Standard Version “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 LORD. 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. King James Bible 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: New King James Version “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. New American Standard Bible “Behold, 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 rather for hearing the words of the LORD. NASB 1995 “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. NASB 1977 “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. Legacy Standard Bible “Behold, days are coming,” declares Lord Yahweh, “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 Yahweh. Amplified Bible “Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord GOD, “When I will send hunger over the land, Not hunger for bread or a thirst for water, But rather [a hunger] for hearing the words of the LORD. Christian Standard Bible Look, the days are coming — this is the declaration of the Lord GOD — when I will send a famine through the land: not a famine of bread or a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD. Holman Christian Standard Bible Hear this! The days are coming— this is the declaration of the Lord GOD— when I will send a famine through the land: not a famine of bread or a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD. 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. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Behold, days are coming, says LORD JEHOVAH, and I shall send a famine in the earth, not a hungering for bread and not a thirsting for water, but for hearing the word of LORD JEHOVAH Brenton Septuagint Translation Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will send forth a famine on the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the word of the Lord. Contemporary English Version I, the LORD, also promise you a terrible shortage, but not of food and water. You will hunger and thirst to hear my message. Douay-Rheims Bible Behold the days come, saith the Lord, and I will send forth a famine into the land: not a famine of bread, nor a thirst of water, but of hearing the word of the Lord. English Revised 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation The days are going to come, declares the Almighty LORD, when I will send a famine throughout the land. It won't be an ordinary famine or drought. Instead, there will be a famine of hearing the words of the LORD. Good News Translation "The time is coming when I will send famine on the land. People will be hungry, but not for bread; they will be thirsty, but not for water. They will hunger and thirst for a message from the LORD. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken. International Standard Version "Look! The days are coming," declares the Lord GOD, "when I will send a famine throughout the land— not a famine of food or a thirst for water— but rather a famine of hearing the words of the LORD. JPS Tanakh 1917 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. Literal Standard Version Behold, days are coming,” | A declaration of Lord YHWH, | “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 YHWH. Majority 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. New American Bible See, days are coming—oracle of the Lord GOD— when I will send a famine upon the land: Not a hunger for bread, or a thirst for water, but for hearing the word of the LORD. NET Bible Be certain of this, the time is coming," says the sovereign LORD, "when I will send a famine through the land--not a shortage of food or water but an end to divine revelation! New Revised Standard Version The time is surely coming, says the Lord GOD, when I will send a famine on the land; not a famine of bread, or a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD. New Heart English Bible Look, the days come," says the LORD, "that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the word of the LORD. Webster's Bible Translation 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: 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 Yahweh’s words. 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. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Basket of Ripe Fruit…10I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation. I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth and every head to be shaved. I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son, and its outcome like a bitter day. 11Behold, 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. 12People will stagger from sea to sea and roam from north to east, seeking the word of the LORD, but they will not find it.… Cross References 1 Samuel 3:1 And the boy Samuel ministered to the LORD before Eli. Now in those days the word of the LORD was rare and visions were scarce. 2 Chronicles 15:3 For many years Israel has been without the true God, without a priest to instruct them, and without the law. Psalm 74:9 There are no signs for us to see. There is no longer any prophet. And none of us knows how long this will last. Proverbs 29:18 Where there is no vision, the people cast off restraint; but blessed is he who keeps the Law. Isaiah 30:20 The Lord will give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, but your Teacher will no longer hide Himself--with your own eyes you will see Him. Ezekiel 7:26 Disaster upon disaster will come, and rumor after rumor. Then they will seek a vision from a prophet, but instruction from the priests will perish, as will counsel from the elders. Hosea 2:3 Otherwise, I will strip her naked and expose her like the day of her birth. I will make her like a desert and turn her into a parched land, and I will let her die of thirst. Treasury of Scripture Behold, the days come, said 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: but. 1 Samuel 3:1 And 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. 1 Samuel 28:6,15 And when Saul inquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets… Psalm 74:9 We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long. Jump to Previous Affirmation Bread Declares Desire Famine Food Great Hearing Need Rather Sovereign Thirst Times Water WordsJump to Next Affirmation Bread Declares Desire Famine Food Great Hearing Need Rather Sovereign Thirst Times Water WordsAmos 8 1. By a basket of summer fruit is shown the approach of Israel's end.4. Oppression is reproved. 11. A famine of the word of God threatened. Verse 11. - This shall be the bitterness at the end; they had rejected the warnings of the prophets (Amos 7:12, etc.); now the Word of God and the light of his teaching should fail them. Famine. When the light of God's revelation is withdrawn, their longing for the Word, however sore and great, shall remain unsatisfied, like that of Saul (1 Samuel 28:6). They may grieve like the psalmist, "We see not our signs; there is no more any prophet; neither is there among us any that knoweth how long" (Psalm 74:9); but it will be in vain (see a similar punishment threatened, Lamentations 2:9; Ezekiel 7:26; Micah 3:7). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Behold!הִנֵּ֣ה ׀ (hin·nêh) Interjection Strong's 2009: Lo! behold! The days יָמִ֣ים (yā·mîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 3117: A day are coming,” בָּאִ֗ים (bā·’îm) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go declares נְאֻם֙ (nə·’um) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 5002: An oracle the Lord אֲדֹנָ֣י (’ă·ḏō·nāy) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 136: The Lord GOD, יְהוִ֔ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3069: YHWH “when I will send וְהִשְׁלַחְתִּ֥י (wə·hiš·laḥ·tî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out a famine רָעָ֖ב (rā·‘āḇ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7458: Famine, hunger on the land— בָּאָ֑רֶץ (bā·’ā·reṣ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land not לֹֽא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no a famine רָעָ֤ב (rā·‘āḇ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7458: Famine, hunger of bread לַלֶּ֙חֶם֙ (lal·le·ḥem) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3899: Food, bread, grain or a thirst צָמָ֣א (ṣā·mā) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6772: Thirst for water, לַמַּ֔יִם (lam·ma·yim) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen but [a famine] כִּ֣י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction of hearing לִשְׁמֹ֔עַ (liš·mō·a‘) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently the words דִּבְרֵ֥י (diḇ·rê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause of the LORD. יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel Links Amos 8:11 NIVAmos 8:11 NLT Amos 8:11 ESV Amos 8:11 NASB Amos 8:11 KJV Amos 8:11 BibleApps.com Amos 8:11 Biblia Paralela Amos 8:11 Chinese Bible Amos 8:11 French Bible Amos 8:11 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Amos 8:11 Behold the days come says the Lord (Amo. 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