Amos 2:11

Judgment On Israel

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!'

Children of Israel

My People

People of Israel

Says the Lord

Sons of Israel

Declares The Lord

Amos

Israel

Israelites

Jehovah

Numbers 6:2-3

"Tell the Israelis that a man or woman who commits to the vow of the Nazirite, is to be separated to the LORD,

Deuteronomy 18:18

I will raise up a prophet like you from among their relatives, and I will place my words in his mouth so that he may expound everything that I have commanded to them.

Judges 13:4-7

So be sure that you don't drink wine or anything intoxicating, and don't eat anything unclean

1 Samuel 3:20

All Israel from Dan to Beer-sheba knew that Samuel was confirmed as the LORD's prophet.

1 Samuel 19:20

Saul sent messengers to take David, and they saw a group of prophets caught up in prophetic ecstasy, with Samuel standing beside them leading them. Then the Spirit of God came on Saul's messengers, and they also were caught up in prophetic ecstasy.

1 Kings 17:1

Elijah the foreigner, who was an alien resident from Gilead, told Ahab, "As the LORD God of Israel lives, in whose presence I'm standing, there will be neither dew nor rain these next several years, except when I say so."

1 Kings 18:4

had taken 100 prophets and had hidden them by fifties in a cave, providing them with food and water when Jezebel was trying to destroy the LORD's prophets.

1 Kings 19:16

anoint Nimshi's son Jehu as king over Israel, and anoint Shaphat's son Elisha from Abel-meholah as a prophet to replace you.

1 Kings 20:13

Right about then, a prophet approached King Ahab of Israel and told him, "This is what the LORD says: "You see all of this great big army, do you? Well now, I'm going to deliver them all right into your hand, and you will learn that I am the LORD!'"

1 Kings 20:35

Right about then, one of the members of the guild of prophets told another through a message from the LORD: "Please strike me!" But the man refused to do so,

1 Kings 20:41

Then the prophet quickly tore off his bandage, and the king of Israel recognized him as being one of the prophets.

1 Kings 22:8

"There is still one man left by whom we could ask the LORD what to do," the king of Israel replied to Jehoshaphat, "but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good about me. Instead, he prophesies evil. He is Imla's son Micaiah." But Jehoshaphat rebuked Ahab, "Kings should never talk like that."

2 Kings 2:2-5

Elijah instructed Elisha, "Remain here on this side, please, because the LORD is sending me as far as Bethel." But Elisha replied, "As the LORD lives, I'm not going to leave you while you're still alive!" So they both went on to Bethel.

2 Kings 6:1

One day the Guild of Prophets told Elisha, "Notice how the place where we are living is too small for us.

2 Kings 17:13

Nevertheless, the LORD had warned both Israel and Judah by means of every prophet and seer: "Turn away from your evil practices and keep my commandments and statutes according to the entire Law that I gave your ancestors and that I sent to you through my servants, the prophets."

2 Chronicles 36:15

The LORD God of their ancestors pleaded with them time and again through his messengers, because he had compassion on his people and on the place of his residence,

Isaiah 5:3-4

"So now, you inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, judge, won't you please, between me and my vineyard.

Isaiah 30:10-11

They say to the seers, "Don't see visions,' and to the prophets, "Don't give us visions of what is right! Instead, tell us welcome things, prophesy illusions,

Jeremiah 2:5

This is what the LORD says: "What did your ancestors find wrong with me that they left me, and pursued worthless things, and so they became worthless?

Jeremiah 2:31

"You, generation, pay attention to this message from the LORD! Am I the desert to Israel, or a land of gloom? Why do my people say, "We're free to roam? We won't come to you anymore.'

Jeremiah 7:25

From the day your ancestors left the land of Egypt to this present time, I've sent all my servants, the prophets, to you, again and again.

Jeremiah 11:21

Therefore, this is what the LORD says about the men of Anathoth who seek to kill you, all the while threatening you, "Don't prophesy in the name of the LORD so you won't die by our hand!"

Jeremiah 26:11

The priests and prophets told the officials and all the people, "A death sentence for this man, because he prophesied against this city, as you heard with your own ears!"

Lamentations 4:7

Her princes were purer than snow, whiter than milk. Their bodies were more ruddy than rubies, their beards like the color of precious stones.

Amos 7:12-13

So Amaziah kept saying to Amos, "Get out of here, you seer! Go back to the land of Judah. Live there and prophesy there.

Micah 2:6

To those who speak out, they will declare, "Don't prophesy to anyone!' so their shame won't go away.

Micah 6:3-4

"My people, what have I done to you, and how have I offended you? Answer me!

Matthew 21:34-38

When harvest time approached, he sent his servants to the tenant farmers to collect his produce.

Luke 1:3-17

I, too, have carefully investigated everything from the beginning and have decided to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus,

Acts 4:18

So they called Peter and John back in and ordered them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.

Acts 5:28

He said, "We gave you strict orders not to teach in his name, didn't we? Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to bring this man's blood on us!"

Acts 7:51

"You stubborn people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are always opposing the Holy Spirit, just as your ancestors used to do.

1 Thessalonians 2:15-16

who killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, who have persecuted us, and who please neither God nor any group of people,

2 Peter 1:20-21

First of all, you must understand this: No prophecy in Scripture is a matter of one's own interpretation,