Āmósīshū 2:11

11 Wǒ cóng nǐmen zǐdì zhōng xīngqǐ xiānzhī , yòu cóng nǐmen shàonián rén zhōng xīngqǐ ná xì ĕr rén . Yǐsèliè rén nǎ , bú shì zhèyàng ma . zhè shì Yēhéhuá shuō de .

Āmósīshū 2:11 Meaning and Commentary

Amos 2:11

And I raised up of your sons for prophets
Such as Moses, Joshua, and the seventy elders, and others; not only to foretell things to come, but to teach and instruct the people in the doctrines and duties of religion, and to warn them of their sins, and the danger of them: and of your young men for Nazarites:
as Samson, Samuel, and others; whose vow not only obliged them from shaving their hair, but to abstain from drinking wine, and eating grapes, which the youthful age is inclined unto; but such grace was given them, as enabled them to deny themselves sensual gratifications, and to be examples of piety and constant attendance on the service of God, and instructing the people. The Targum is,

``of your young men for teachers;''

these were the spiritual mercies, as the former were the temporal ones, the Lord bestowed on these people, for the truth of which he appeals to them: [is it] not even thus, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord?
can ye deny it? the thing was too notorious to be contradicted.

Āmósīshū 2:11 In-Context

9 Wǒ cóng Yǐsèliè rén miànqián chúmiĕ Yàmólìrén . tā suī gāo dà rú xiāng bǎi shù , jiāngù rú xiàngshù , wǒ què shang miè tāde guǒzi , xià jué tāde gēnbĕn .

10 Wǒ yĕ jiāng nǐmen cóng Āijí dì lǐng shang lái , zaì kuàngyĕ yǐndǎo nǐmen sì shí nián , shǐ nǐmen dé Yàmólìrén zhī dì wèi yè .

11 Wǒ cóng nǐmen zǐdì zhōng xīngqǐ xiānzhī , yòu cóng nǐmen shàonián rén zhōng xīngqǐ ná xì ĕr rén . Yǐsèliè rén nǎ , bú shì zhèyàng ma . zhè shì Yēhéhuá shuō de .

12 Nǐmen què gĕi ná xì ĕr rén jiǔ hē , zhǔfu xiānzhī shuō , búyào shuō yùyán .

13 Kàn nǎ , zaì nǐmen suǒ zhù zhī dì , wǒ bì yē nǐmen , rútóng zhuāng mǎn hé kún de chē yē wù yíyàng .