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Amos 8:11–12

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11–12“Oh yes, Judgment Day is coming!”

These are the words of my Master God.

“I’ll send a famine through the whole country.

It won’t be food or water that’s lacking, but my Word.

People will drift from one end of the country to the other,

roam to the north, wander to the east.

They’ll go anywhere, listen to anyone,

hoping to hear God’s Word—but they won’t hear it.

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ESVEnglish 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.

They shall wander from sea to sea,

and from north to east;

they shall run to and fro, to seek the word of the Lord,

but they shall not find it.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“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.

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.

CSBChristian 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.

People will stagger from sea to sea

and roam from north to east

seeking the word of the Lord,

but they will not find it.

NLTNew 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.

People will stagger from sea to sea

and wander from border to border

searching for the word of the Lord,

but they will not find it.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Look, the days are coming,” declares my Lord Yahweh, “when I will send a famine in the land, not a famine for bread and not a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of Yahweh! And they will wander from sea to sea and from the north and to the east. They will roam about to seek the word of Yahweh, but they will not find it!

KJV 1900King 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:

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.