Amos 2:12

But ye gaue the Nazarites wine to drinke, and commaunded the prophetes, saying, Prophecie not.

Bible (Bishops')

In The King James Version

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

In Context

11And I raysed vp of your sonnes for prophetes, and of your young men for Nazarites: Is it not euen thus, O ye children of Israel, sayth the Lorde?

13Beholde, I am pressed vnder you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaues.

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Cross References

Amos 7:16Now therfore heare thou the word of the Lorde: Thou sayest, Prophecie not against Israel, and speake nothing against the house of Isaac.

Matthew Henry on Amos 2:10-16

God's Remonstrance with Israel. ( b. c. 790.) 9 Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath. 10 Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite. 11 And 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 . 12 But… Read the whole commentary →

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