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11 (A) I chose some of you
to be prophets
    and others to be Nazirites.[a]
People of Israel,
you know this is true.
    I, the Lord, have spoken!
12 But you commanded the prophets
    not to speak their message,
and you pressured the Nazirites
    into drinking wine.

13 And so I will crush you,
just as a wagon full of grain
    crushes the ground.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 2.11 Nazirites: People who promised the Lord that they would never drink wine or cut their hair or come in contact with a dead body.
  2. 2.13 ground: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 13.

11 “I also raised up prophets(A) from among your children
    and Nazirites(B) from among your youths.
Is this not true, people of Israel?”
declares the Lord.
12 “But you made the Nazirites drink wine
    and commanded the prophets not to prophesy.(C)

13 “Now then, I will crush you
    as a cart crushes when loaded with grain.(D)

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