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11 I also raised up your sons to be prophets,
    and from your young men I raised up Nazirites.[a]
Is this not true, people of Israel?”
    declares the Lord.
12 “But you forced the Nazirites to drink wine,
    and commanded the prophets,
        ‘You are not to prophesy!’

13 “Oh, how I am burdened down with you,
    as a wagon is overloaded with harvested grain!

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 2:11 I.e. men who make a special vow with God (cf. Num 6:1-21)