Micah 2

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Micah 2

Woe to Oppressors

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Woe to those who ^(A)scheme iniquity,
Who work out evil on their beds!
^(a)^(B)When morning comes, they do it,
For it is in the ^(C)power of their hands.

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They ^(D)covet fields and then ^(E)seize them,
And houses, and take them away.
They ^(b)^(F)rob a man and his house,
A man and his inheritance.

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3} Therefore thus says the Lord,

“Behold, I am ^(G)planning against this ^(H)family a calamity
From which you ^(I)cannot remove your necks;
And you will not walk ^(J)haughtily,
For it will be an ^(K)evil time.

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“On that day they will ^(L)take up against you a ^(c)taunt
And ^(d)^(M)utter a bitter lamentation and say,
‘We are completely ^(N)destroyed!
He exchanges the portion of my people;
How He removes it from me!
To the apostate He ^(O)apportions our fields.’

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“Therefore you will have no one ^(e)^(P)stretching a measuring line
For you by lot in the assembly of the Lord.

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‘^(Q)Do not ^(f)speak out,’ so they ^(g)speak out.
But if ^(h)they do ^(R)not ⁽ⁱ⁾speak out concerning these things,
^(S)Reproaches will not be turned back.

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“Is it being said, O house of Jacob:
‘Is the Spirit of the Lord ^(T)impatient?
Are these His doings?’
Do not My words ^(U)do good
To the one ^(V)walking uprightly?

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“^(j)Recently My people have arisen as an ^(W)enemy—
You ^(X)strip the ^(k)robe off the garment
From ^(Y)unsuspecting passers-by,
From those returned from war.

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“The women of My people you ^(Z)evict,
Each one from her pleasant house.
From her children you take My ^(AA)splendor forever.

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“Arise and go,
For this is no place ^(AB)of rest
Because of the ^(AC)uncleanness that brings on destruction,
A painful destruction.

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“If a man walking after wind and ^(AD)falsehood
Had told lies and said,
‘I will ^(l)speak out to you concerning ^(AE)wine and liquor,’
He would be ^(m)spokesman to ^(AF)this people.

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“I will surely ^(AG)assemble all of you, Jacob,
I will surely gather the ^(AH)remnant of Israel.
I will put them together like sheep in the fold;
Like a flock in the midst of its pasture
They will be noisy with men.

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“The breaker goes up before them;
They break out, pass through the gate and go out by it.
So their king goes on before them,
And the Lord at their head.”

Footnotes:

a. Micah 2:1: ['Lit ', In the light of the morning]

b. Micah 2:2: ['Lit ', oppress]

c. Micah 2:4: ['Or ', proverb]

d. Micah 2:4: ['Lit ', lament]

e. Micah 2:5: ['Lit ', casting]

f. Micah 2:6: ['Lit ', flow]

g. Micah 2:6: ['Lit ', flow]

h. Micah 2:6: ['I.e. God’s prophets']

i. Micah 2:6: ['Lit ', flow]

j. Micah 2:8: ['Lit ', And yesterday]

k. Micah 2:8: ['Or ', ornaments]

l. Micah 2:11: ['Lit ', flow]

m. Micah 2:11: ['Lit ', one who flows, ' oracles']

Cross references:

A. Micah 2:1: Psalm 36:4; Isaiah 32:7; Nahum 1:11

B. Micah 2:1: Hosea 7:6; Hosea 7:7

C. Micah 2:1: Genesis 31:29; Deuteronomy 28:32; Proverbs 3:27

D. Micah 2:2: Jeremiah 22:17; Amos 8:4

E. Micah 2:2: Isaiah 5:8

G. Micah 2:3: Deuteronomy 28:48; Jeremiah 18:11

H. Micah 2:3: Jeremiah 8:3; Amos 3:1; Amos 3:2

I. Micah 2:3: Lamentations 1:14; Lamentations 5:5

J. Micah 2:3: Isaiah 2:11; Isaiah 2:12

K. Micah 2:3: Amos 5:13

L. Micah 2:4: Habakkuk 2:6

M. Micah 2:4: Jeremiah 9:10; Jeremiah 9:17-21; Micah 1:8

N. Micah 2:4: Isaiah 6:11; Isaiah 24:3; Jeremiah 4:13

O. Micah 2:4: Jeremiah 6:12; Jeremiah 8:10

P. Micah 2:5: Numbers 34:13; Numbers 34:16-29; Deuteronomy 32:8; Joshua 18:4; Joshua 18:10

Q. Micah 2:6: Isaiah 30:10; Amos 2:12; Amos 7:16

R. Micah 2:6: Isaiah 29:10; Micah 3:6

S. Micah 2:6: Micah 6:16

T. Micah 2:7: Isaiah 50:2; Isaiah 59:1

U. Micah 2:7: Psalm 119:65; Psalm 119:68; Psalm 119:116; Jeremiah 15:16

V. Micah 2:7: Psalm 15:2; Psalm 84:11

W. Micah 2:8: Jeremiah 12:8

X. Micah 2:8: Micah 3:2; Micah 3:3; Micah 7:2; Micah 7:3

Y. Micah 2:8: Psalm 120:6; Psalm 120:7

Z. Micah 2:9: Jeremiah 10:20

AA. Micah 2:9: Ezekiel 39:21; Habakkuk 2:14

AB. Micah 2:10: Deuteronomy 12:9

AC. Micah 2:10: Psalm 106:38

AD. Micah 2:11: Jeremiah 5:31

AE. Micah 2:11: Isaiah 28:7

AF. Micah 2:11: Isaiah 30:10; Isaiah 30:11

AG. Micah 2:12: Micah 4:6; Micah 4:7

AH. Micah 2:12: Micah 5:7; Micah 5:8; Micah 7:18