18  Where there is no prophetic vision the people ^jcast off restraint,¹

but ^kblessed is he who keeps the law.

9  Her gates have sunk into the ground;

he has ruined and broken her bars;

her king and princes are among the nations;

the law is no more,

and ^zher prophets find

no vision from the Lord.

11  “Behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord God,

“when I will send a famine on the land—

not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water,

but ^fof hearing the words of the Lord.

7  the seers shall be disgraced,

and the diviners put to shame;

they shall all ^gcover their lips,

for there is no answer from God.