Amos 2:11
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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?

Numbers 6:2
Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: When a man, or woman, shall make a vow to be sanctified, and will consecrate themselves to the Lord:

Numbers 6:3
They shall abstain from wine, and from every thing that may make a man drunk. They shall not drink vinegar of wine, or of any other drink, nor any thing that is pressed out of the grape: nor shall they eat grapes either fresh or dried.

Deuteronomy 18:18
I will raise them up a prophet out of the midst of their brethren like to thee: and I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I shall command him.

Judges 13:5
Because thou shalt conceive, and bear a son, and no razor shall touch his head: for he shall be a Nazarite of God, from his infancy, and from his mother's womb, and he shall begin to deliver Israel from the hands of the Philistines.

Jeremiah 7:25
From the day that their fathers came out of the land of Egypt, even to this day. And I have sent to you all my servants the prophets, from day to day, rising up early and sending.

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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?

I raised.

1 Samuel 3:20 And all Israel, from Dan to Bersabee, knew that Samuel was a faithful prophet of the Lord.

1 Samuel 19:20 So Saul sent officers to take David: and when they saw a company of prophets prophesying, and Samuel presiding over them, the Spirit of the Lord came also upon them, and they likewise began to prophesy.

1 Kings 17:1 And Elias the Thesbite, of the inhabitants of Galaad, said to Achab: As the Lord liveth, the God of Israel, in whose sight I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to the words of my mouth.

1 Kings 18:4 For when Jezabel killed the prophets of the Lord, he took a hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty and fifty in caves, and fed them with bread and water.

1 Kings 19:16 And thou shalt anoint Jehu, the son of Namsi, to be king over Israel: and Eliseus, the son of Saphat, of Abelmeula, thou shalt anoint to be prophet in thy room.

1 Kings 20:13,35,41 And behold a prophet coming to Achab, king of Israel, said to him: Thus saith the Lord: Hast thou seen all this exceeding great multitude? behold I will deliver them into thy hand this day: that thou mayst know that I am the Lord. . . .

1 Kings 22:8 And the king of Israel said to Josaphat. There is one man left, by whom we may inquire of the Lord; Micheas, the son of Jemla: but I hate him, for he doth not prophecy good to me, but evil. And Josaphat said: Speak not so, O king.

2 Kings 2:2-5 And Elias said to Eliseus: Stay thou here, because the Lord hath sent me as far as Bethel. And Eliseus said to him: As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And when they were come down to Bethel, . . .

2 Kings 6:1 And the sons of the prophets said to Eliseus: Behold, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us.

2 Kings 17:13 And the Lord testified to them in Israel, and in Juda, by the hand of all the prophets and seers, saying: Return from your wicked ways, and keep my precepts, and ceremonies, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers: and as I have sent to you in the hand of my servants the prophets.

2 Chronicles 36:15 And the Lord the God of their fathers sent to them, by the hand of his messengers, rising early, and daily admonishing them: because he spared his people and his dwelling place.

2 Peter 1:20,21 Understanding this first: That no prophecy of scripture is made by private interpretation. . . .

Nazarites.

Numbers 6:2 Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: When a man, or woman, shall make a vow to be sanctified, and will consecrate themselves to the Lord:

Judges 13:4-7 Now therefore beware, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing. . . .

Lamentations 4:7 Zain. Her Nazarites were whiter than snow, purer than milk, more ruddy than the old ivory, fairer than the sapphire.

Luke 1:3-17 It seemed good to me also, having diligently attained to all things from the beginning, to write to thee in order, most excellent Theophilus, . . .

Is it.

Isaiah 5:3,4 And now, O ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and ye men of Juda, judge between me and my vineyard. . . .

Jeremiah 2:5,31 Thus saith the Lord: What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain? . . .

Micah 6:3,4 O my people, what have I done to thee, or in what have I molested thee? answer thou me. . . .

and.

Amos 7:12,13 For thus saith Amos: Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall be carried away captive out of their own land. . . .

Isaiah 30:10,11 Who say to the seers: See not: and to them that behold: Behold not for us those things that are right: speak unto us pleasant things, see errors for us. . . .

Jeremiah 11:21 Therefore thus saith the Lord to the men of Anathoth, who seek thy life, and say: Thou shalt not prophesy in the name of the Lord, and thou shalt not die in our hands.

Jeremiah 26:11 And the priests and the prophets spoke to the princes, and to all the people, saying: The judgment of death is for this man: because he hath prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your ears.

Micah 2:6 Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast the cord of a lot in the assembly of the Lord.

Matthew 21:34-38 And when the time of the fruits drew nigh, he sent his servants to the husbandmen that they might receive the fruits thereof. . . .

Acts 4:18 And calling them, they charged them not to speak at all, nor teach in the name of Jesus.

Acts 5:28 Saying: Commanding, we commanded you that you should not teach in this name. And behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine: and you have a mind to bring the blood of this man upon us.

Acts 7:51 You stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Ghost. As your fathers did, so do you also.

1 Thessalonians 2:15,16 Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and the prophets, and have persecuted us, and please not God, and are adversaries to all men; . . .

Context
Judgment on Moab, Judah, and Israel
10It is I that brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and I led you forty years through the wilderness, that you might possess the land of the Amorrhite. 11And 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?12And you will present wine to the Nazarites: and command the prophets, saying: Prophesy not.…
Lexicon
I raised up
וָאָקִ֤ים (wā·’ā·qîm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6965: To arise, stand up, stand

prophets
לִנְבִיאִ֔ים (lin·ḇî·’îm)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5030: A spokesman, speaker, prophet

from your sons
מִבְּנֵיכֶם֙ (mib·bə·nê·ḵem)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

and Nazirites
לִנְזִרִ֑ים (lin·zi·rîm)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5139: Nazirite -- one consecrated, devoted

from your young men.
וּמִבַּחוּרֵיכֶ֖ם (ū·mib·ba·ḥū·rê·ḵem)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 970: Selected, a youth

Is this
זֹ֛את (zōṯ)
Pronoun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that,

not
אֵֽין־ (’ên-)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

true,
הַאַ֥ף (ha·’ap̄)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 637: Meaning accession, yea, adversatively though

O children
בְּנֵ֥י (bə·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

of Israel?”
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

declares
נְאֻם־ (nə·’um-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 5002: An oracle

the LORD.
יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel


Additional Translations
I raised up prophets from your sons and Nazirites from your young men. Is this not true, O children of Israel?” declares the LORD.And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O you children of Israel? said 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.

And I took of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for consecration. Are not these things so, ye sons of Israel? saith the Lord.

And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, ye children of Israel? saith Jehovah.

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 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.

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.

And I raise of your sons for prophets, And of your choice ones for Nazarites, Is not this true, O sons of Israel? An affirmation of Jehovah.
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