Amos 8:11 - Exposition

This shall be the bitterness at the end; they had rejected the warnings of the prophets ( Amos 7:12 , etc.); now the Word of God and the light of his teaching should fail them. Famine . When the light of God's revelation is withdrawn, their longing for the Word, however sore and great, shall remain unsatisfied, like that of Saul ( 1 Samuel 28:6 ). They may grieve like the psalmist, "We see not our signs; there is no more any prophet; neither is there among us any that knoweth how long" ( Psalms 74:9 ); but it will be in vain (see a similar punishment threatened, Lamentations 2:9 ; Ezekiel 7:26 ; Micah 3:7 ).