9. “But it was I who destroyed the Amorites before them. They were as tall as cedar trees and as strong as oaks, but I destroyed their fruit above and their roots below.
10. “I was the one who brought you from the land of Egypt. For 40 years I led you through the desert. I helped you take the Amorites’ land.
11. I made some of your sons to be prophets and some of your young men to be Nazirites. People of Israel, it is true.” This is what the Lord said.
12. “But you made the Nazirites drink wine. You told the prophets not to prophesy.