Amo 8:11-12 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Amos 8:11-14: 8:11-14 famine ... of hearing the words of the Lord : God sent prophets to Israel to speak his words directly to them, but Israel commanded the prophets not to prophesy (2:11-12 ). Now they had what they wanted, but it was a silence more terrible than his roar and thunder: God became distant (see Ezek 7:26 ; 20:3 ; Mic 3:4 , 7 ). The time for speaking was over; the time of judgment had come.

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‏ Amos 8:11-12

Summary for Amos 8:11-14: 8:11-14 ^a famine ... of hearing the words of the Lord: God sent prophets to Israel to speak his words directly to them, but Israel commanded the prophets not to prophesy (2:11-12 ^b). Now they had what they wanted, but it was a silence more terrible than his roar and thunder: God became distant (see Ezek 7:26 ^c; 20:3 ^d; Mic 3:4 ^e, 7 ^f). The time for speaking was over; the time of judgment had come.
8:12 ^g from border to border: The natural boundaries of Israel were from sea to sea: the Mediterranean Sea on the west and the Dead Sea on the east. The other borders are simply called the north and the east.