“Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD:” - Amos 8v11
In times of Israel’s prosperity they repeatedly refused to hear the word of God. The prophets faithfully came and proclaimed it and they refused it. As a result God told them that the day was coming when He would withdraw His word from them and speak to them no longer
Though God no longer totally withdraws His word there is a Bible principle here. At some point God does stop striving with man. When man persists in rejecting God He will stop calling. Man can still be saved on the basis of what He has heard, just like Israel could turn back to God on what the prophets had said.
I don’t know about all of this, but there does seem to be a modern application for nations as well. God seems to open the door of the gospel to certain nations at certain times and for certain period of times. As the nation grows cold and gets “used” to Him they stop listening and eventually God moves on to another land.
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