Amos 4:6

New Living Translation

“I brought hunger to every city and famine to every town. But still you would not return to me,” says the Lord.

Cross References

1 Kings 17:1

Now Elijah, who was from Tishbe in Gilead, told King Ahab, “As surely as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives—the God I serve—there will be no dew or rain during the next few years until I give the word!”

1 Kings 18:2

So Elijah went to appear before Ahab. Meanwhile, the famine had become very severe in Samaria.

2 Kings 4:38

Elisha now returned to Gilgal, and there was a famine in the land. One day as the group of prophets was seated before him, he said to his servant, “Put a large pot on the fire, and make some stew for the rest of the group.”

2 Kings 8:1

Elisha had told the woman whose son he had brought back to life, “Take your family and move to some other place, for the Lord has called for a famine on Israel that will last for seven years.”

2 Chronicles 28:22

Even during this time of trouble, King Ahaz continued to reject the Lord.

Isaiah 26:11

O Lord, they pay no attention to your upraised fist. Show them your eagerness to defend your people. Then they will be ashamed. Let your fire consume your enemies.

Isaiah 3:1

The Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, will take away from Jerusalem and Judah everything they depend on: every bit of bread and every drop of water,

Isaiah 9:12

The Syrians from the east and the Philistines from the west will bare their fangs and devour Israel. But even then the Lord’s anger will not be satisfied. His fist is still poised to strike.

Isaiah 9:13

For after all this punishment, the people will still not repent. They will not seek the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

Jeremiah 14:18

If I go out into the fields, I see the bodies of people slaughtered by the enemy. If I walk the city streets, I see people who have died of starvation. The prophets and priests continue with their work, but they don’t know what they’re doing.”

Jeremiah 5:3

Lord, you are searching for honesty. You struck your people, but they paid no attention. You crushed them, but they refused to be corrected. They are determined, with faces set like stone; they have refused to repent.

Ezekiel 14:21

“Now this is what the Sovereign Lord says: How terrible it will be when all four of these dreadful punishments fall upon Jerusalem—war, famine, wild animals, and disease—destroying all her people and animals.

Ezekiel 16:27

That is why I struck you with my fist and reduced your boundaries. I handed you over to your enemies, the Philistines, and even they were shocked by your lewd conduct.

Hosea 11:5

“But since my people refuse to return to me, they will return to Egypt and will be forced to serve Assyria.

Hosea 5:15

Then I will return to my place until they admit their guilt and turn to me. For as soon as trouble comes, they will earnestly search for me.”

Joel 1:16

Our food disappears before our very eyes. No joyful celebrations are held in the house of our God.

Leviticus 26:23

“And if you fail to learn the lesson and continue your hostility toward me,

Leviticus 26:26

I will destroy your food supply, so that ten women will need only one oven to bake bread for their families. They will ration your food by weight, and though you have food to eat, you will not be satisfied.

Haggai 2:17

I sent blight and mildew and hail to destroy everything you worked so hard to produce. Even so, you refused to return to me, says the Lord.

Deuteronomy 28:38

“You will plant much but harvest little, for locusts will eat your crops.

Revelation 2:21

I gave her time to repent, but she does not want to turn away from her immorality.

Ruth 1:1

In the days when the judges ruled in Israel, a severe famine came upon the land. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah left his home and went to live in the country of Moab, taking his wife and two sons with him.