Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.

Bible References

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Leviticus 13:45
“The person afflicted with an infectious skin disease is to have his clothes torn and his hair hanging loose, and he must cover his mouth and cry out, ‘Unclean, unclean!’
Ezekiel 24:17
Groan quietly; do not observe mourning rites for the dead. Put on your turban and strap your sandals on your feet; do not cover your mustache or eat the bread of mourners.”

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1 Samuel 14:37
So Saul inquired of God, “Should I go after the Philistines? Will You hand them over to Israel?” But God did not answer him that day.
1 Samuel 28:6
He inquired of the Lord, but the Lord did not answer him in dreams or by the Urim or by the prophets.
Psalm 74:9
There are no signs for us to see.
There is no longer a prophet.
And none of us knows how long this will last.
Amos 8:11
Hear this! The days are coming—
this is the declaration of the Lord God
when I will send a famine through the land:
not a famine of bread or a thirst for water,
but of hearing the words of the Lord.

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