1 Samuel 14:37

14:37 So Saul asked God, “Should I go down after the Philistines? Will you deliver them into the hand of Israel?” But he did not answer him that day.

1 Samuel 28:6

28:6 So Saul inquired of the Lord, but the Lord did not answer him – not by dreams nor by Urim ¹  nor by the prophets.

1 Samuel 28:15

28:15 Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?” Saul replied, “I am terribly troubled! The Philistines are fighting against me and God has turned away from me. He does not answer me – not by the prophets nor by dreams. So I have called on you to tell me what I should do.”

Psalms 74:9

74:9 We do not see any signs of God’s presence; ² 

there are no longer any prophets ³ 

and we have no one to tell us how long this will last. ⁴ 

Amos 8:11

8:11 Be certain of this, ⁵  the time is ⁶  coming,” says the sovereign Lord,

“when I will send a famine through the land –

not a shortage of food or water

but an end to divine revelation! ⁷ 

[28:6]  ¹ sn See the note at 1 Sam 14:41.

[74:9]  ² tn Heb “our signs we do not see.” Because of the reference to a prophet in the next line, it is likely that the “signs” in view here include the evidence of God’s presence as typically revealed through the prophets. These could include miraculous acts performed by the prophets (see, for example, Isa 38:7-8) or object lessons which they acted out (see, for example, Isa 20:3).

[74:9]  ³ tn Heb “there is not still a prophet.”

[74:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “and [there is] not with us one who knows how long.”

[8:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “behold” or “look.”

[8:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “the days are.”

[8:11]  ⁷ tn Heb “not a hunger for food or a thirst for water, but for hearing the words of the Lord.”