Amos 2:12
“But ye gaue the Nazarites wine to drinke, and commaunded the Prophets, saying, Prophecie not.”
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Amos 2:12 Context
10Also I brought you vp from the land of Egypt, and ledde you fourtie yeeres through the wildernesse, to possesse the land of the Amorite. 11And I raised vp of your sonnes for Prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not euen thus, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord ? 12But ye gaue the Nazarites wine to drinke, and commaunded the Prophets, saying, Prophecie not. 13Behold, I am pressed vnder you, as a cart is pressed that is ful of sheaues. 14Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mightie deliuer himselfe:
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But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.
- King James Version
"But you made the Nazirites drink wine, And you commanded the prophets saying, 'You shall not prophesy!'
- New American Standard Version (1995)