Micah 2:1-13 - Woe To The Oppressors Of God's People
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and prepare evil plans
At morning light
because the power is in their hands.
they also take houses.
They deprive a man of his home,
a person of his inheritance.
3 Therefore, the Lord says:
against this nation;
you cannot free your necks from it.
Then you will not walk so proudly
because it will be an evil time.
and lament mournfully,
“We are totally ruined!
He measures out the allotted land of my people.
How He removes it from me!
He allots our fields
in the assembly of the Lord
to divide the land by casting lots.
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“They should not preach these things;
shame will not overtake us.”
“Is the Spirit of the Lord impatient?
Are these the things He does?”
Don’t My words bring good
to the one who walks uprightly?
like an enemy:
You strip off the splendid robe
from those who are passing through confidently,
like those returning from war.
out of their comfortable homes,
and you take My blessing
from their children forever.
for this is not your place of rest,
because defilement
a grievous destruction!
and invents lies:
“I will preach to you about wine and beer,”
he would be just the preacher for this people!
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I will collect the remnant of Israel.
I will bring them together like sheep in a pen,
like a flock in the middle of its fold.
It will be noisy with people.
will advance before them;
they will break out, pass through the gate,
and leave by it.
Their King will pass through before them,
the Lord as their leader.