Prophets: The Jews: Often Left Without, on Account of Sin

And the boy Samuel ministered to the LORD before Eli. Now in those days the word of the LORD was rare, and visions were scarce.

There are no signs for us to see. There is no longer any prophet. And none of us knows how long this will last.

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.

People will stagger from sea to sea and roam from north to east, seeking the word of the LORD, but they will not find it.