Amos 2:11-13

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¹¹And 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?”
                says 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.

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