Hebrews

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NASB	Hebrews 1:1 God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways,
AMPLIFIED 2015	Hebrews 1:1 God, having spoken to the fathers long ago in [the voices and writings of] the prophets in many separate revelations [each of which set forth a portion of the truth], and in many ways,

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Bible Question: I need help locating a bible passage that talks about the people thinking that they did not need God or think about God because he had not talked to or communiacted to them for a very long time (seems to me it was 500 years, but I can't remember the passage exactly.

Thanks for your help

Bible Answer: Dear Stan,

Welcome to the forum!

The Scripture does explicitly say that it had been this long, but it was well known that God had been silent for a number of centuries. John Gill writes, "they [the OT Prophets] prophesied and declared the will of God, as they were moved and inspired by the Holy Ghost: and the apostle [the author of Hebrews] suggests, by this way of speaking, that it was a long time since God spake to this people; for prophecy had ceased ever since the times of Malachi, for the space of three hundred years; and this time past includes the whole Old Testament dispensation, from the beginning to the end of it, or of prophecy in it."

In Him, Doc