Amos 2:11-13

Good News Translation

¹¹^(A)I chose some of your sons to be prophets and some of your young men to be nazirites.^[a] Isn't this true, people of Israel? I, the Lord, have spoken. ¹²But you made the nazirites drink wine, and ordered the prophets not to speak my message. ¹³And now I will crush you to the ground, and you will groan like a cart loaded with grain.

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Footnotes

Amos 2:11 Israelites who showed their devotion to God by taking vows not to drink wine or beer or cut their hair or touch corpses (see Nu 6.1-8).

Amos 2:11-13

New International Version

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)