“But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.”

Amos 2:12 (KJV) |

Amos 2:12

From Amos 2, in the Book of Amos (Old Testament).

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10

Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.

11

And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the LORD.

12

But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.

13

Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.

14

Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:

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