Amos 2:9-16 ▼

9 Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorites in front of them, though their height seemed like a cedar, though their strength seemed like an oak, but whose fruit I destroyed from above and the roots from beneath.

10 Furthermore, I brought you up from the land of Egypt, leading you in the wilderness for 40 years, to take possession of the land of the Amorites.

11 I also raised up your sons to be prophets, and from your young men I raised up Nazirites. Is this not true, people of Israel?| declares the LORD.

12 |But you forced the Nazirites to drink wine, and commanded the prophets, 'You are not to prophesy!'

13 |Oh, how I am burdened down with you, as a wagon is overloaded with harvested grain!

14 So the swift runner will not escape, the valiant will not fortify his strength, and the mighty warrior will not save his life.

15 The skilled archer will not be able to stand, the swift runner will not survive, and the mounted rider will not preserve his own life.

16 Even the bravest of elite troops will run away naked at that time,| declares the LORD.