Amos 7:8

7:8 The Lord said to me, “What do you see, Amos?” I said, “Tin.” The sovereign One then said,

“Look, I am about to place tin among my people Israel.

I will no longer overlook their sin. ¹ 

Amos 8:11

8:11 Be certain of this, ²  the time is ³  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! ⁴ 

[7:8]  ¹ tn Heb “And I will no longer pass over him.”

[8:11]  ² tn Heb “behold” or “look.”

[8:11]  ³ tn Heb “the days are.”

[8:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “not a hunger for food or a thirst for water, but for hearing the words of the Lord.”