10 Also it was (A)I who brought you up from the land of Egypt,
And (B)led you forty years through the wilderness,
To possess the land of the Amorite.
11 I raised up some of your sons as (C)prophets,
And some of your young men as (D)Nazirites.
Is it not so, O you children of Israel?”
Says the Lord.
12 “But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink,
And commanded the prophets (E)saying,
‘Do not prophesy!’

13 “Behold,(F) I am [a]weighed down by you,
As a cart full of sheaves [b]is weighed down.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 2:13 Or tottering under
  2. Amos 2:13 Or totters

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