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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.
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Verse 11. Lord. During the siege provisions were wanting, but instruction still more so. Worthington.—Israel had banished Amos. They would be left destitute. We find no prophet among the during the captivity, except Tobias. Calmet. 13:3. We may apply this to the state of the Jews since the death of Christ. They have no guides. Calmet.—They read incessantly, and do not understand (Saint Jerome Mercer.) the Bible, which non will ever penetrate who refuse to receive the key from the Church. Bible.
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