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12 “But you forced the Nazirites to drink wine,
    and commanded the prophets,
        ‘You are not to prophesy!’

13 “Oh, how I am burdened down with you,
    as a wagon is overloaded with harvested grain!
14 So the swift runner will not escape,[a]
    the valiant will not fortify his strength,
        and the mighty warrior will not save his life.

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  1. Amos 2:14 Lit. So flight will escape the swift runner