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Micah 2:3

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2:3Therefore the Lord says this: “Look, I am devising disaster for this nation!7

It will be like a yoke from which you cannot free your neck.8

You will no longer9 walk proudly,

for it will be a time of catastrophe.

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Footnotes

  1. 7 Heb “clan” or “extended family.”
  2. 8 Heb “from which you will not remove your neck.” The words “It will be like a yoke” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
  3. 9 Or “you will not.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Therefore thus says the Lord:

behold, against this family I am devising disaster,

from which you cannot remove your necks,

and you shall not walk haughtily,

for it will be a time of disaster.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Therefore, the Lord says:

“I am planning disaster against this people,

from which you cannot save yourselves.

You will no longer walk proudly,

for it will be a time of calamity.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Therefore, the Lord says:

I am now planning a disaster

against this nation;

you cannot free your necks from it.

Then you will not walk so proudly

because it will be an evil time.

NLTNew Living Translation

But this is what the Lord says:

“I will reward your evil with evil;

you won’t be able to pull your neck out of the noose.

You will no longer walk around proudly,

for it will be a terrible time.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Therefore, thus says Yahweh: Look! I am planning disaster against this family from which you will not be able to remove your necks. You will not walk proudly, for it is a time of disaster.

KJV 1900King James Version

Therefore thus saith the Lord;

Behold, against this family do I devise an evil,

From which ye shall not remove your necks;

Neither shall ye go haughtily:

For this time is evil.