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Amos 2:11
I raised up prophets from your sons and Nazirites from your young men. Is this not true, O children of Israel?” declares the LORD.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The LORD speaks through Amos to the children of Israel, immediately after recounting the Exodus and wilderness provision, to confront their current rebellion.
The words — אָקִים ('a.Kim) translates literally to "I raised up," and נְזִרִ֑ים (n.zi.Rim) means "Nazirites," denoting those consecrated by vow.
The thread — This divine pattern of raising prophets and Nazirites appears in Numbers 6:2 regarding separation vows, Jeremiah 7:25 on the continuous sending of prophets, and Deuteronomy 18:18 on God's promise to raise up a prophet.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition that God initiated and sustained Israel's spiritual leadership, making their subsequent rejection of those leaders a direct violation of His established order.
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The Hebrew words
King James 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.
Cross-references
- Numbers 6:2 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them that if a man or woman makes a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself to the LORD,
- Jeremiah 7:25 From the day your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have sent you all My servants the prophets again and again.
- Deuteronomy 18:18 I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. I will put My words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him.
- Judges 13:4 Now please be careful not to drink wine or strong drink, and not to eat anything unclean.
- 1 Samuel 3:20 So all Israel from Dan to Beersheba knew that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 19:20 he sent messengers to seize him. But when they saw the group of prophets prophesying, with Samuel leading them, the Spirit of God came upon them, and Saul’s messengers also began to prophesy.
- 1 Kings 17:1 Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”
- 1 Kings 18:4 for when Jezebel had slaughtered the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty men per cave, providing them with food and water.)
- 1 Kings 19:16 You are also to anoint Jehu son of Nimshi as king over Israel and Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel-meholah to succeed you as prophet.
- 1 Kings 20:13 Meanwhile a prophet approached Ahab king of Israel and declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Do you see this entire great army? Behold, I will deliver it into your hand this very day, and you will know that I am the LORD.’”