Amos 2:12 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

But ye gave the Nazirites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

But you gave the dedicated ones [the Nazirites] wine to drink and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.

American Standard Version (1901)

But ye gave the Nazirites wine to drink, and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.

Common English Bible

But you made the nazirites drink wine, and commanded the prophets, saying, “You won’t prophesy.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

Yet you would offer wine to the Nazirites, and you would command the prophets, saying: "Do not prophesy."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And you will present wine to the Nazarites: and command the prophets, saying: Prophesy not.

Amos 2:12 Cross References

Isaiah 30:10

which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:

Jeremiah 11:21

Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the men of Anathoth, that seek thy life, saying, Thou shalt not prophesy in the name of the LORD, that thou die not by our hand:

Jeremiah 35:5

And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites bowls full of wine, and cups, and I said unto them, Drink ye wine.

Amos 7:13

but prophesy not again any more at Beth-el: for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is a royal house.

Amos 7:16

Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the house of Isaac;

Micah 2:6

Prophesy ye not, thus they prophesy. They shall not prophesy to these: reproaches shall not depart.

Numbers 6:2

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall make a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself unto the LORD:

Numbers 6:3

he shall separate himself from wine and strong drink; he shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat fresh grapes or dried.