“Also I brought you up out of the land of Egyptand led you forty years in the wilderness,to possess the land of the Amorite.”
Amos 2:10 (WEB)
Context Reading
8They lay themselves down beside every altar on clothes taken in pledge.In the house of their Godthey drink the wine of those who have been fined. 9Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them,whose height was like the height of the cedars,and he was strong as the oaks;yet I destroyed his fruit from above,and his roots from beneath. 10Also I brought you up out of the land of Egyptand led you forty years in the wilderness,to possess the land of the Amorite. 11I 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. 12“But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink,and commanded the prophets, saying, ‘Don’t prophesy!’