Micah
Chapter Two
1 ¶ Woe to those
who devise iniquity, And work out evil on their beds! At morning light they
practice it, Because it is in the power of their hand.
2 They covet fields and take them by violence, Also houses, and seize them.
So they oppress a man and his house, A man and his inheritance.
3 Therefore thus says the LORD: "Behold, against this family I am devising
disaster, From which you cannot remove your necks; Nor shall you walk haughtily,
For this is an evil time.
4 In that day one shall take up a proverb against you, And lament with a bitter
lamentation, saying: 'We are utterly destroyed! He has changed the heritage
of my people; How He has removed it from me! To a turncoat He has divided our
fields.'"
5 Therefore you will have no one to determine boundaries by lot In the assembly
of the LORD.
6 ¶ "Do not prattle," you say to those who prophesy. So they
shall not prophesy to you; They shall not return insult for insult.
7 You who are named the house of Jacob: "Is the Spirit of the LORD restricted?
Are these His doings? Do not My words do good To him who walks uprightly?
8 "Lately My people have risen up as an enemy-You pull off the robe with
the garment From those who trust you, as they pass by, Like men returned from
war.
9 The women of My people you cast out From their pleasant houses; From their
children You have taken away My glory forever.
10 "Arise and depart, For this is not your rest; Because it is defiled,
it shall destroy, Yes, with utter destruction.
11 If a man should walk in a false spirit And speak a lie, saying, 'I will prophesy
to you of wine and drink,' Even he would be the prattler of this people.
12 ¶ "I will surely assemble all of you, O Jacob, I will surely gather
the remnant of Israel; I will put them together like sheep of the fold, Like
a flock in the midst of their pasture; They shall make a loud noise because
of so many people.
13 The one who breaks open will come up before them; They will break out, Pass
through the gate, And go out by it; Their king will pass before them, With the
LORD at their head."
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