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Amos 8:11-13
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11 Be certain of this,[a] the time is[b] 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.[c]
12 People[d] will stagger from sea to sea,[e]
and from the north around to the east.
They will wander about looking for a message from the Lord,
but they will not find any.[f]
13 In that day your[g] beautiful young women[h] and your[i] young men will faint from thirst.[j]

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  1. Amos 8:11 tn Heb “behold” or “look.”
  2. Amos 8:11 tn Heb “the days are.”
  3. Amos 8:11 tn Heb “not a hunger for food or a thirst for water, but for hearing the words of the Lord.”
  4. Amos 8:12 tn Heb “they”; the referent (people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  5. Amos 8:12 tn That is, from the Mediterranean Sea in the west to the Dead Sea in the east—namely, across the whole land.
  6. Amos 8:12 tn It is not clear whether the speaker in this verse is the Lord or the prophet.
  7. Amos 8:13 tn Heb “the.”
  8. Amos 8:13 tn Or “virgins.”
  9. Amos 8:13 tn Heb “the.”
  10. Amos 8:13 tn It is not clear whether the speaker in this verse is the Lord or the prophet.
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Amos 8:11-13
New International Version

11 “The days are coming,”(A) 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(B) of hearing the words of the Lord.(C)
12 People will stagger from sea to sea
    and wander from north to east,
searching for the word of the Lord,
    but they will not find it.(D)

13 “In that day

“the lovely young women and strong young men(E)
    will faint because of thirst.(F)

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