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Amos 8:11

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8:11Be certain of this,36 the time is37 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!38

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Footnotes

  1. 36 Heb “behold” or “look.”
  2. 37 Heb “the days are.”
  3. 38 Heb “not a hunger for food or a thirst for water, but for hearing the words of the Lord.”

In other versions

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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: