Amos 2:12
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And you will present wine to the Nazarites: and command the prophets, saying: Prophesy not.

ye gave.

Exodus 32:21-23 And he said to Aaron: What has this people done to thee, that thou shouldst bring upon them a most heinous sin? . . .

wine.

Numbers 6:3 They shall abstain from wine, and from every thing that may make a man drunk. They shall not drink vinegar of wine, or of any other drink, nor any thing that is pressed out of the grape: nor shall they eat grapes either fresh or dried.

and commanded.

Amos 7:12,13 For thus saith Amos: Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall be carried away captive out of their own land. . . .

Isaiah 30:10,11 Who say to the seers: See not: and to them that behold: Behold not for us those things that are right: speak unto us pleasant things, see errors for us. . . .

Jeremiah 11:21 Therefore thus saith the Lord to the men of Anathoth, who seek thy life, and say: Thou shalt not prophesy in the name of the Lord, and thou shalt not die in our hands.

Jeremiah 26:11 And the priests and the prophets spoke to the princes, and to all the people, saying: The judgment of death is for this man: because he hath prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your ears.

Micah 2:6 Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast the cord of a lot in the assembly of the Lord.

Matthew 21:34-38 And when the time of the fruits drew nigh, he sent his servants to the husbandmen that they might receive the fruits thereof. . . .

Acts 4:18 And calling them, they charged them not to speak at all, nor teach in the name of Jesus.

Acts 5:28 Saying: Commanding, we commanded you that you should not teach in this name. And behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine: and you have a mind to bring the blood of this man upon us.

Acts 7:51 You stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Ghost. As your fathers did, so do you also.

1 Thessalonians 2:15,16 Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and the prophets, and have persecuted us, and please not God, and are adversaries to all men; . . .

Context
Judgment on Moab, Judah, and Israel
11And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not so, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord? 12And you will present wine to the Nazarites: and command the prophets, saying: Prophesy not.13Behold, I will screak under you as a wain screaketh that is laden with hay.…
Cross References
Numbers 6:2
Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: When a man, or woman, shall make a vow to be sanctified, and will consecrate themselves to the Lord:

Isaiah 30:10
Who say to the seers: See not: and to them that behold: Behold not for us those things that are right: speak unto us pleasant things, see errors for us.

Jeremiah 11:21
Therefore thus saith the Lord to the men of Anathoth, who seek thy life, and say: Thou shalt not prophesy in the name of the Lord, and thou shalt not die in our hands.

Jeremiah 35:5
And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine, and cups: and I said to them: Drink ye wine.

Amos 7:13
And Amasias said to Amos: Thou seer, go, flee away into the land of Juda: and eat bread there, and prophesy there.

Amos 7:16
And the Lord took me when I followed the flock, and the Lord said to me: Go, prophesy to my people Israel.

Micah 2:6
Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast the cord of a lot in the assembly of the Lord.

Lexicon
“But you made the Nazirites
הַנְּזִרִ֖ים (han·nə·zi·rîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5139: Nazirite -- one consecrated, devoted

drink
וַתַּשְׁק֥וּ (wat·taš·qū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8248: To quaff, to irrigate, furnish a, potion to

wine
יָ֑יִן (yā·yin)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3196: Wine, intoxication

and commanded
צִוִּיתֶ֣ם (ṣiw·wî·ṯem)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6680: To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order

the prophets
הַנְּבִיאִים֙ (han·nə·ḇî·’îm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5030: A spokesman, speaker, prophet

not
לֹ֖א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

to prophesy.
תִּנָּבְאֽוּ׃ (tin·nā·ḇə·’ū)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5012: To prophesy, speak, by inspiration


Additional Translations
“But you made the Nazirites drink wine and commanded the prophets not to prophesy.But you gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.

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

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

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

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

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

"But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink, and commanded the prophets, saying, 'Don't prophesy!'

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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