Amos 2:12

2:12 “But you made the Nazirites drink wine;

you commanded the prophets, ‘Do not prophesy!’

Amos 3:7

3:7 Certainly the sovereign Lord does nothing without first revealing his plan to his servants the prophets.

Amos 3:10

3:10 “They do not know how to do what is right.” (The Lord is speaking.)

“They store up the spoils of destructive violence in their fortresses.


sn Nazirites were strictly forbidden to drink wine (Num 6:2-3).

tn Heb “those who.”

tn Heb “violence and destruction.” The expression “violence and destruction” stand metonymically for the goods the oppressors have accumulated by their unjust actions.