Graphic Bible · Scene 4 of 5
Amos 2:9-12
Rescue Remembered, Prophets Silenced
The Poor Are Not Merchandise · Amos 2
Story guide: The first view alludes to remembered deliverance; the second illustrates the accusation about Nazirites and silenced prophets.
Open this scene in the reader →9Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of cedars, and he was strong like the oaks; I destroyed his fruit above and his roots beneath.
10Yet I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and I led you in the wilderness forty years, to take possession of the land of the Amorites.
11And I raised up some of your sons to be prophets, and some of your young men to be Nazirites. Is this not so, O sons of Israel? declares Yahweh.
12But you made the Nazirites drink wine, and you commanded the prophets, saying, ‘Do not prophesy.’
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