Micah 2 NKJV ISV Parallel

◄ Micah 2 ►

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1Woe 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.

1"Woe to those who are crafting iniquity, planning evil well into the night! When morning's light comes, they carry out their plans because they have the power to do so.

2They 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.

2They covet fields and seize them; they covet houses, and grab them, too. They harass the valiant man, along with his household, an individual and his estate.

3Therefore 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.

3"Therefore this is what the LORD says, 'I'm crafting evil against this family, from which you can't escape. You won't strut around arrogantly, because the times are evil.'

4In 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.’ ”

4"When this happens, someone will compose a proverb about you, lamenting sorrowfully, 'We are completely ruined! He has given my people's heritage to others. How he has removed it from me, dividing up our fields!'

5Therefore you will have no one to determine boundaries by lot In the assembly of the LORD.

5"This is why there will not be left even a single person to settle boundary disputes in the LORD's community.

6“Do not prattle,” you say to those who prophesy. So they shall not prophesy to you; They shall not return insult for insult.

6To those who speak out, they will declare, 'Don't prophesy to anyone!' so their shame won't go away.

7You 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?

7"It is said, house of Jacob, 'The Spirit of the LORD is limited, if he acts this way, is he not?' "But my words benefit those who live righteously, do they not?

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.

8Lately my people have acted like an enemy— you strip travelers who thought they were as secure as those who return from war.

9The women of My people you cast out From their pleasant houses; From their children You have taken away My glory forever.

9You have evicted the wives of my people from their dream homes; you have removed my majesty from their children permanently.

10“Arise and depart, For this is not your rest; Because it is defiled, it shall destroy, Yes, with utter destruction.

10"Get up and go, because there's no rest for you here! Since everything is polluted, it can only cause destruction, even heavy destruction.

11If 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.

11Suppose a man who keeps company with a deceiving spirit prophesies like this: 'Drink wine and strong drink!' Won't the people accept him as a prophet?"

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.

12"Jacob, how I will surely gather all of you! How I will gather the survivors of Israel! I will gather them together like sheep in a pen, like the flock in the midst of the sheepfold. There will be a great commotion because of all the people.

13The 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.”

13God will stand up and break through in their presence. Then they will pass through the gate, going out by it. Their king will pass in front of them with the LORD at their head."

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