Micah 2
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1Woe to those who devise wickedness and work evil on their beds! When the morning dawns, they perform it, because it is in the power of their hand.1Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.
2They covet fields and seize them, and houses, and take them away; they oppress a man and his house, a man and his inheritance.2They covet fields and seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of his home, a fellow man of his inheritance.
3Therefore thus says the LORD: behold, against this family I am devising disaster, from which you cannot remove your necks, and you shall not walk haughtily, for it will be a time of disaster.3Therefore this is what the LORD says: “I am planning against this nation a disaster from which you cannot free your necks. Then you will not walk so proudly, for it will be a time of calamity.
4In that day they shall take up a taunt song against you and moan bitterly, and say, “We are utterly ruined; he changes the portion of my people; how he removes it from me! To an apostate he allots our fields.”4In that day they will take up a proverb against you and taunt you with this bitter lamentation: ‘We are utterly ruined! He has changed the portion of my people. How He has removed it from me! He has allotted our fields to traitors.’ ”
5Therefore you will have none to cast the line by lot in the assembly of the LORD.5Therefore, you will have no one in the assembly of the LORD to divide the land by lot.
6“Do not preach”—thus they preach— “one should not preach of such things; disgrace will not overtake us.”6“Do not preach,” they preach. “Do not preach these things; disgrace will not overtake us.”
7Should this be said, O house of Jacob? Has the LORD grown impatient? Are these his deeds? Do not my words do good to him who walks uprightly?7Should it be said, O house of Jacob, “Is the Spirit of the LORD impatient? Are these the things He does?” Do not My words bring good to him who walks uprightly?
8But lately my people have risen up as an enemy; you strip the rich robe from those who pass by trustingly with no thought of war.8But of late My people have risen up like an enemy: You strip off the splendid robe from unsuspecting passersby like men returning from battle.
9The women of my people you drive out from their delightful houses; from their young children you take away my splendor forever.9You drive the women of My people from their pleasant homes. You take away My blessing from their children forever.
10Arise and go, for this is no place to rest, because of uncleanness that destroys with a grievous destruction.10Arise and depart, for this is not your place of rest, because its defilement brings destruction—a grievous destruction!
11If a man should go about and utter wind and lies, saying, “I will preach to you of wine and strong drink,” he would be the preacher for this people!11If a man of wind were to come and say falsely, “I will preach to you of wine and strong drink,” he would be just the preacher for this people!
12I will surely assemble all of you, O Jacob; I will gather the remnant of Israel; I will set them together like sheep in a fold, like a flock in its pasture, a noisy multitude of men.12I will surely gather all of you, O Jacob; I will collect the remnant of Israel. I will bring them together like sheep in a pen, like a flock in the midst of its pasture—a noisy throng.
13He who opens the breach goes up before them; they break through and pass the gate, going out by it. Their king passes on before them, the LORD at their head.13One who breaks open the way will go up before them; they will break through the gate, and go out by it. Their King will pass through before them, the LORD as their leader.
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