TSK · Amos 8:11

So Saul inquired of the LORD, but the LORD did not answer him– not by dreams nor by Urim nor by the prophets.

For a long time Israel had no true God, or priest to instruct them, or law.

I will make it a wasteland; no one will prune its vines or hoe its ground, and thorns and briers will grow there. I will order the clouds not to drop any rain on it.

Disaster after disaster will come, and one rumor after another. They will seek a vision from a prophet; priestly instruction will disappear, along with counsel from the elders.

When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them because they were bewildered and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.