Amos 2:11
And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the Lord.
Cross-references
Amos 7:12 shows Amaziah telling the very prophet God raised to flee — a direct contrast to God's commissioning.
Amos 7:13 continues the rejection: Amaziah forbids prophecy at Bethel, opposing God's raising of prophets.
Paul in 1 Thessalonians 2:15 states the Jews killed the prophets—exactly those God raised up in Amos 2:11.
1 Samuel 3:20 provides a concrete example: Samuel being established as a prophet, illustrating God's raising of prophets.
1 Samuel 19:20 shows a band of prophets prophesying under Samuel — a scene that exemplifies the prophetic ministry God raised up.
1 Kings 17:1 introduces Elijah as a prophet, directly exemplifying the prophets God raised up in Israel as stated in Amos 2:11.
2 Kings 17:13 recounts the LORD sending prophets to warn Israel, directly matching the raising of prophets described in Amos 2:11.
Stephen in Acts 7:51 accuses them of resisting the Holy Spirit like their fathers, who persecuted the prophets God raised up.
In Acts 4:18, the religious leaders forbid the apostles to speak, continuing the pattern of rejecting those God raised up as messengers.
In Matthew 21:34-38, the parable echoes this: the servants (prophets) sent to the vineyard are beaten and killed, mirroring Israel's rejection of God's messengers.
Jeremiah 11:21 shows men threatening Jeremiah with death for prophesying — a stark contrast to God raising prophets.
Jeremiah 26:11 has priests and prophets calling for Jeremiah's death — opposing those God raised to speak.
Judges 13:4-7 records Samson's birth as a Nazirite—a specific example of God raising up a Nazirite as in Amos.
Numbers 6:2 defines the Nazirite vow—the institution of those God raised up in Amos 2:11.
Micah 2:6 records people telling prophets not to preach — a parallel rejection of God's raised messengers.
Isaiah 30:11 adds the demand to stop hearing about the Holy One, reinforcing the rejection of God's prophets.
Isaiah 30:10 records people telling prophets not to prophesy truth — a parallel rejection of God's raised messengers.
2 Chronicles 36:15 shows God persistently sending messengers, echoing His raising up prophets in Amos.
2 Peter 1:21 affirms that prophecy comes from God, paralleling Amos’s claim that God raised up prophets.