Catholic Public Domain Version
"And I stirred up prophets from your sons, and Nazirites from your young men. Is it not so, sons of Israel, says the Lord? "
— Amos 2:11, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the Lord.”
“And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazirites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith Jehovah. ”
“I raised up some of your sons for prophets, and some of your young men for Nazirites. Isn't this true, you children of Israel?" says Yahweh.”
“I made some of your sons prophets and some of your young men Nazirites. Is this not true, you Israelites?” The LORD is speaking!”
“And 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?”
“And some of your sons I made prophets, and some of your young men I made separate for myself. Is it not even so, O children of Israel? says the Lord.”
“And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the Lord.”
And they have lain on garments taken in pledge next to every altar. And they drank the wine of the damned in the house of their God.
Yet I exterminated the Amorites before their face, whose height was like the height of cedars, and whose strength was like the oak. And I crushed his fruit from above and his roots below.
It is I who caused you to ascend from the land of Egypt, and I led you in the wilderness for forty years, so that you might possess the land of the Amorite.
And I stirred up prophets from your sons, and Nazirites from your young men. Is it not so, sons of Israel, says the Lord?
Yet you would offer wine to the Nazirites, and you would command the prophets, saying: “Do not prophesy.”
Behold, I will creak under you, just as a wagon creaks that is laden with hay.
And flight will perish from the swift, and the strong will not maintain his strength, and the healthy will not save his life.