Amos 2:11
I raised up prophets from your sons and Nazirites from your young men. Is this not true, O children of Israel?” declares the LORD.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
12“But you made the Nazirites drink wine and commanded the prophets not to prophesy.
Cross References
Numbers 6:2“Speak to the Israelites and tell them that if a man or woman makes a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself to the LORD,
Judges 13:4Now please be careful not to drink wine or strong drink, and not to eat anything unclean.
1 Samuel 3:20So all Israel from Dan to Beersheba knew that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the LORD.
1 Kings 17:1Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”
1 Kings 19:16You are also to anoint Jehu son of Nimshi as king over Israel and Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel-meholah to succeed you as prophet.
1 Kings 20:35Meanwhile, by the word of the LORD, one of the sons of the prophets said to his companion, “Strike me, please!” But the man refused to strike him.
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 →