9. Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorites before them,who were as tall as cedars,and as strong as oak trees.I destroyed their fruit aboveand their roots beneath.
10. It was I who brought you up from the land of Egypt,and who led you through the desert for forty years,to occupy the land of the Amorites;
11. I who raised up prophets among your children,and nazirites among your young men.Is this not so, Israelites?—oracle of the Lord.
12. But you made the nazirites drink wine,and commanded the prophets, “Do not prophesy!”
13. Look, I am groaning beneath you,as a wagon groans when laden with sheaves.