Amos 8:11

Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord GOD, when I will send a famine on the land — not a famine of bread or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the LORD.

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One song meets this passage

  • “The church bells all were broken”

    American Pie (Full Length Version) · Don Mclean

    resonates with Amos 8:11

    The image of silenced bells and lost sacred space evokes the prophetic warning of a famine not of food but of hearing God's word.