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Amos Chapter 2 verse 12 Holy Bible

ASV Amos 2:12

But ye gave the Nazirites wine to drink, and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.
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BBE Amos 2:12

But to those who were separate you gave wine for drink; and to the prophets you said, Be prophets no longer.
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DARBY Amos 2:12

And ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.
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KJV Amos 2:12

But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.
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WBT Amos 2:12


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WEB Amos 2:12

"But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink, And commanded the prophets, saying, 'Don't prophesy!'
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YLT Amos 2:12

And ye cause the Nazarites to drink wine, And on the prophets ye have laid a charge, Saying, `Do not prophecy!'
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 12. - Ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink. Far from profiting by their example, or acknowledging the grace of God displayed in their holy lives, ye tried to get rid of their testimony by seducing or forcing them to break their vow. Prophesy not. Israel was impatient of the continued efforts of the prophets to warn and to win; and, unmindful of the fact that the man of God had a message which he was bound to deliver (comp. Jeremiah 20:9; 1 Corinthians 9:16), this ungrateful nation systematically tried to silence the voices which were a standing rebuke to them. Thus Amos himself was treated (Amos 7:10, etc.). (For proof of this opposition, see 1 Kings 13:4; 1 Kings 18:10, etc.; 1 Kings 19:2; 22:26, 27; 2 Kings 6:31; 2 Chronicles 25:15, 16; and comp. Isaiah 30:10, etc.; Micah 2:6; Matthew 23:37.

Ellicott's Commentary