Amos 2:11
I raised up prophets from among your sons 1 and Nazirites from your young men. 1 Is it not so, 1 people of Israel? 1 —this is Yahweh's declaration. 1
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12But you persuaded the Nazirites to drink wine 1 and commanded the prophets not to prophesy. 1
Cross References
Numbers 6:2“Speak to the people of Israel. Say to them, 'When a man or a woman separates himself to Yahweh with a special vow of a Nazirite,
Judges 13:4Now be careful not to drink wine or strong drink, and do not eat anything unclean.
1 Samuel 3:20All Israel from Dan to Beersheba knew that Samuel was appointed to be a prophet of Yahweh.
1 Kings 17:1Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As Yahweh, the God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there will not be dew or rain these years unless I say so.”
1 Kings 19:16and you will anoint Jehu son of Nimshi to be king over Israel, and you will anoint Elisha son of Shaphat of Abel Meholah to be prophet in your place.
1 Kings 20:35A certain man, one of the sons of the prophets, said to one of his fellow prophets by the word of Yahweh, “Please hit me.” But the man refused to hit 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 →