Micah 2

Micah 2

Woe to the Wicked

1Woe to those who conceive wickedness,

to those who devise evil on their beds!

At morning’s light they execute it,

because it is in the power of their hand.

2They covet fields and seize them,

and houses and take them.

They defraud a man of his house,

and a fellow man of his inheritance.

3Therefore, thus says the Lord :

Behold, I am devising disaster against this family,

from which you cannot remove your necks;

and you will not walk haughtily,

for it will be a time of calamity.

4In that day they will take up a taunt against you,[#Hab 2:6]

and they will wail a wailing lament, and say:

“We are totally ruined!

He diminishes the portion of my people;

how He removes it from me!

To a traitor He reassigns our fields!”

5Therefore you will not have anyone to apportion the land by lot

in the assembly of the Lord .

Prophets of Deceit

6“Do not prophesy,” they say.[#Isa 30:10; Am 2:12]

“One should not prophesy about these things.

Disgrace will not overtake us.”

7Should it be said, O house of Jacob,

“Is the Spirit of the Lord impatient?

Are these His deeds?”

Do not My words benefit

him who walks uprightly?

8But lately My people rise up

like an enemy.

You strip off the rich robe

from those who pass by trustingly,

like men returning from war.

9The women of My people you drive out

from their delightful homes;

from their children

you take My adornment forever.

10Get up and go,

for this is not the resting place,

because uncleanness ruins,

and ruin sickens.

11If a man, going about vapidly and deceitfully, lies,[#Jer 5:31]

“I will preach for you wine and beer,”

he would be just the preacher for this people.

The Restoration of Israel

12I will indeed assemble Jacob—all of you;

I will indeed gather the remnant of Israel.

I will place them together like sheep in a fold,

like a herd in its pasture—

thronging with people.

13He who breaks through has gone up before them;

they will break through and pass the gate and go out by it.

Then their king will pass on before them,

the Lord at their head.

The Holy Bible, Modern English Version Copyright © 2024, 2017, 2014 by United Bible Association. Published and distributed by Charisma House. All rights reserved.
Published by: United Bible Association