8. They stretch out on clothing seized as collateral; they do so right beside every altar!They drink wine bought with the fines they have levied;they do so right in the temple of their God!
9. For Israel’s sake I destroyed the Amorites.They were as tall as cedarsand as strong as oaks,but I destroyed the fruit on their branchesand their roots in the ground.
10. I brought you up from the land of Egypt;I led you through the wilderness for forty yearsso you could take the Amorites’ land as your own.
11. I made some of your sons prophetsand some of your young men Nazirites.Is this not true, you Israelites?”The Lord is speaking!
12. “But you made the Nazirites drink wine;you commanded the prophets, ‘Do not prophesy!’