Micah 2

Woe to them ^athat devise iniquity, and work evil ^aupon their beds!

When the morning is light, they practise it,

Because ^bit is in the power of their hand.

²And they covet ^cfields, and take them by violence;

And ^chouses, and take them away:

So they oppress a man and his house,

Even a man and his heritage.

³Therefore thus saith the Lord;

Behold, against ^dthis family ^edo I devise an evil,

^fFrom which ye shall not remove your necks;

Neither shall ye go haughtily:

^gFor this time is evil.

⁴In that day shall one ^htake up ⁱa parable against you,

And lament with a doleful lamentation,

And say, We be utterly spoiled:

^kHe hath changed the portion of my people:

^kHow hath he removed it from me!

^lTurning away he hath divided our fields.

⁵Therefore thou shalt have none that shall ^mcast a cord ⁿby lot

In the congregation of the Lord.

^6oProphesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy:

^pThey shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame.

⁷O thou that art named the house of Jacob,

Is the spirit of the Lord straitened?

^qAre these his doings?

Do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?

^8sEven of late my people is risen up as an enemy:

Ye pull off ^rvthe robe with the garment

^sFrom them that pass by securely as men averse from war.

^9sThe women of my people have ye cast out from their ^upleasant houses;

^sFrom their children have ye taken away ^vmy glory for ever.

¹⁰Arise ye, and depart; for this is not ^wyour rest:

Because ^xit is polluted, it shall ^ydestroy you, even with a ^zsore destruction.

¹¹If a man ^bwalking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, ^csaying,

I will ^dprophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink;

^eHe shall even be ^dthe prophet of this people.

^12fI will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee;

^fI will surely ^ggather ^hthe remnant of Israel;

I will put them together as the sheep of ⁱBozrah,

As ^gthe flock in the midst of ^jtheir fold:

^kThey shall ^lmake great noise by reason of the multitude of ^kmen.

^13mThe breaker is come up before them:

They have broken up, and have passed through the gate, and are gone out by it:

And ⁿtheir king shall pass before them,

And ^othe Lord on the head of them.

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