Amos

Amos had a hard prophet life, as many prophets of old. The hard part for him came from that the Israel he was preaching to had very hard hearts, and he was continually preaching about destruction for the wicked, rather than the more delicate and happy truths of the gospel. He prophesied in Amos 8:11-12 :

"11. 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:
12. And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek teh word of the Lord, and shall not find it."

If Israel didn't repent, there would be a famine in the land. But with this famine many wouldn't know where to turn, or that they are even hungry.

Elder Wirthlin a former LDS apostle spoke of the effect this famine had had upon Europe:

“We have observed a restless spirit of searching today among the people of Europe. Why? Because there is a gnawing hunger in the human heart that, if not fed by the truths of the gospel, leaves life empty and devoid of peace. The hodgepodge of economic ‘isms’ advocated by so-called wise men of the world has solved few, if any, problems, and has brought no real joy. Such empty nostrums have led mankind to seek worldly goods and symbols of material power, blinding humanity to the truth that only the righteous life firmly established in the daily living of God’s commandments brings true happiness. Anything less leaves the heart unfed, with a yearning inner hunger—a hunger which it is our mission to identify and define and of which we should make the people aware. I have seen in Europe the fulfillment of the words of Amos, that there would be ‘a famine in the land, not a famine of bread . . . but of hearing the words of the Lord.’ ( Amos 8:11 .)” (In Conference Report, Oct. 1975, pp. 154–55.)