Amos 8:11 (WEB)
Behold, the days come,” says 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 LORD’s words.
Catechism · 1
“There is a famine on earth, "not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD."” — Catechism footnote: Am 8:11.
Fathers and councils · 10
Catena Aurea on Luke
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Luke
“The time then referred to is that of the famine of the word, when the understanding is shut up, (Amos 8:11.) and they who dealing out the wisdom of the Gospel as it were bread, preached throughout the world, are now in their secret rest with the Lord.” — the author cites it
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Augustine of Hippo
“…name has most widely spread, there shall be so great abundance of sinners, which is already, in great measure, perceived; is not that famine of the word here predicted, which has been threatened by another prophet also?” — editor's note: Amos viii. 11.
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John Chrysostom
““For I will give unto them,” he saith, “not a famine of bread, nor a thirst of water, but a famine of hearing the word of the Lord.” ( Amos viii. 11.)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“The same which in another place it calls “a famine of bread, and a thirst of water.” ( Amos viii. 11.)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“This is a soul’s food, this its ornament, this its security; even as not to hear is famine and wasting; for “I will give them,” saith He, “not a famine of bread, nor a thirst of water, but a famine of hearing the word of the Lord.”” — editor's note: Amos viii. 11.
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Jerome
“He sees now the maker of the grasshopper, now the Lord, standing upon a wall daubed or made of adamant, now a basket of apples that brings doom to the transgressors, and now a famine upon the earth “not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord.”” — editor's note: Amos viii. 11.
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Tertullian
“This (“substance”), accordingly, he “squandered;” having been cast by his moral habits far from the Lord, amid the errors and allurements and appetites of the world, where, compelled by hunger after truth, he handed himself over to the prince of this age.” — editor's note: Amos viii. 11.
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Gregory of Nyssa
- Gregory of Nyssa, On the Making of Man On the.20On the Making of Man
“There is a prophetic threatening also against those worthy of vengeance, that they shall be punished with famine; but the “famine” is not a lack of bread and water, but a failure of the word:—“not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the word of the Lord .”” — editor's note: Amos viii. 11.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“And you bring the remedy not for famine of bread or thirst of water, which is no very terrible famine—and to avoid it is easy; but to a famine of hearing the Word of the Lord, which it is most miserable to suffer, and a most…” — editor's note: Amos viii. 11.
Read the whole comment“This food he, who was the poorest and most needy man whom I have known, supplied in rich abundance to the relief not of a famine of bread, nor of a thirst for water, but a longing for that Word which is really lifegiving and nourishing, and causes to grow to spiritual manhood him who is duly fed thereon.” — editor's note: Amos viii. 11.
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Cross-references · 10
Cited together with
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Luke 11:5–8 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Luke 11:5–8 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Luke 11:5–8 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Luke 11:5–8 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in On the Making of Man On the.20.
Cited together in On the Making of Man On the.20.
Cited together in On the Making of Man On the.20.
Cited together in On the Making of Man On the.20.
Cited together in On the Making of Man On the.20.
Parallel passages
Jeremiah 48:12 and Amos 8:11 share the same wording (11 words).