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11 I who raised up prophets among your children,
    and nazirites[a] among your young men.
Is this not so, Israelites?—
    oracle of the Lord.
12 But you made the nazirites drink wine,
    and commanded the prophets, “Do not prophesy!”(A)
13 Look, I am groaning beneath you,
    as a wagon groans when laden with sheaves.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:11 Nazirites: see note on Nm 6:2–21. Oracle of the Lord: a phrase used extensively in prophetic books to indicate divine speech.