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"Behold, days are coming," declares the Lord God , "When I will send a famine on the land, Not a famine for bread or a thirst for water, But rather ^(w)for hearing the words of the Lord .

"People will stagger from sea to sea And from the north even to the east; They will go to and fro to ^(x)seek the word of the Lord , But they will not find it.

"In that day the beautiful ^(y)virgins And the young men will ^(z)faint from thirst.

"As for those who swear by the ^[m](aa)guilt of Samaria, Who say, ‘As your god lives, O ^(ab)Dan,' And, ‘As the way of ^(ac)Beersheba lives,' They will fall and ^(ad)not rise again."