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Amos 2:12

But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.
Amos 2:12 · King James Version

In other versions

  • But ye gave the Nazirites wine to drink, and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.

    ASV

  • But to those who were separate you gave wine for drink; and to the prophets you said, Be prophets no longer.

    BBE

  • And ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.

    DBY

  • "But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink, And commanded the prophets, saying, 'Don't prophesy!'

    WEB

  • And ye cause the Nazarites to drink wine, And on the prophets ye have laid a charge, Saying, `Do not prophecy!'

    YLT

  • But all of you gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.

    ENG

  • But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.

    WBT

  • “But you made the Nazirites drink wine and commanded the prophets not to prophesy.

    BSB

In context

10Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.

11And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the LORD.

12But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.

13Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.

14Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:

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