Amos 2:12

12 “But you made the Nazirites ¹drink wine, and commanded the prophets, saying, ²‘You shall not prophesy. ’

Amos 2:12 Meaning and Commentary

Amos 2:12

But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink
Contrary to their vow and calling, and in contempt of it, and to make them like themselves; they either persuaded them, or forced them to it: and commanded the prophets, saying, prophesy not;
hard and heavy things, judgments and denunciations of vengeance, only smooth things; by this authoritative language it appears that this is said of the rulers and governors of the people, as king, princes, and priests; see ( Amos 7:12 Amos 7:13 ) .

Amos 2:12 In-Context

10 Also it was I who brought you up out of the land of Egypt and led you forty years in the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.

11 And I raised up some of your sons for prophets, and some of your young men for Nazirites. Is it not indeed so, O people of Israel? ”declares the Lord.

12 “But you made the Nazirites drink wine, and commanded the prophets, saying, ‘You shall not prophesy. ’

13 “Behold, I will press you down in your place, as a cart full of sheaves presses down.

14 Flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not retain his strength, nor shall the mighty save his life;

Cross References

• 1. 2:12 [Num. 6:3]
• 2. 2:12 ch. 7:13, 16; Isa. 30:10; Mic. 2:6