Amos 8:11

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

I, the LORD, also promise you a terrible shortage, but not of food and water. You will hunger and thirst to hear my message.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 15:3

For a long time, the people of Israel did not worship the true God or listen to priests who could teach them about God. They refused to obey God's Law.

Psalm 74:9

There are no more miracles and no more prophets. Who knows how long it will be like this?

Proverbs 29:18

Without guidance from God law and order disappear, but God blesses everyone who obeys his Law.

Isaiah 5:6

It will turn into a desert, neither pruned nor hoed; it will be covered with thorns and briars. I will command the clouds not to send rain.

Ezekiel 7:26

One tragedy will follow another, and you'll hear only bad news. People will beg prophets to give them a message from me. Priests will stop teaching my Law, and wise leaders won't be able to give advice.

Hosea 2:3

or I will strip her naked like the day she was born. I will make her barren like a desert, and she will die of thirst.

Micah 3:6

“You will live in the dark, far from the sight of the sun, with no message from me.

Matthew 9:36

When he saw the crowds, he felt sorry for them. They were confused and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

1 Samuel 28:15

“Why are you bothering me by bringing me up like this?” Samuel asked. “I'm terribly worried,” Saul answered. “The Philistines are about to attack me. God has turned his back on me and won't answer any more by prophets or by dreams. What should I do?”

1 Samuel 28:6

So he asked the LORD what to do. But the LORD would not answer, either in a dream or by a priest or a prophet.

1 Samuel 3:1

Samuel served the LORD by helping Eli the priest, who was by that time almost blind. In those days, the LORD hardly ever spoke directly to people, and he did not appear to them in dreams very often. But one night, Eli was asleep in his room,