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Amos 2:12 KJV
Amos · chapter 2 · verse 12
But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.Amos 2:12 · King James Version
Amos 2:12 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:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- NazaritesnâzîyrseparateH5139 →
- commandedtsâvâhto constitute, enjoinH6680 →
- prophetsnâbîyʼa prophet or inspired manH5030 →
- sayingʼâmarto sayH559 →
- drinkshâqâhto quaffH8248 →
- wineyayinwineH3196 →
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Here, I. God puts his people Israel in mind of the great things he has done for them, in putting them into possession of the land of Canaan, the greatest part of which these ten tribes now enjoyed, Amo 2:9, Amo 2:10.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 9-16