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Amos 2:12–13

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12But eye gave the Nazarites wine to drink;

And commanded the prophets, fsaying, Prophesy not.

13Behold, ||hI am pressed under you,

As a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.

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Footnotes

  1. eSee Num. 6:3.
  2. fch. 7:16. So Mic. 2:6. See Isai. 30:10. Comp. ch. 7:12, 13.
  3. ||Or, I will press gyour place, as a cart full of sheaves presseth.
  4. hComp. Isai. 1:14. & 43:24. Mal. 2:17.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“But you made the Nazirites drink wine,

and commanded the prophets,

saying, ‘You shall not prophesy.’

“Behold, I will press you down in your place,

as a cart full of sheaves presses down.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“But you made the Nazirites drink wine

and commanded the prophets not to prophesy.

“Now then, I will crush you

as a cart crushes when loaded with grain.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But you made the Nazirites drink wine

and commanded the prophets,

“Do not prophesy.”

Look, I am about to crush you in your place

as a wagon crushes when full of grain.

NLTNew Living Translation

“But you caused the Nazirites to sin by making them drink wine,

and you commanded the prophets, ‘Shut up!’

“So I will make you groan

like a wagon loaded down with sheaves of grain.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But you made the Nazirites drink wine and commanded the prophets, saying, ‘You shall not prophesy.’ Look! I am going to press you down in your place just as a utility cart full of mature stalks of grain is pressed down.