Micah 2:1-13 KJV11 - Bible AI

¹Woe1945 to them that devise2803 iniquity205, and work6466 evil7451 upon their beds4904! when the morning1242 is light216, they practise6213 it, because it is3426 in the power410 of their hand3027.

²And they covet2530 fields7704, and take them by violence1497; and houses1004, and take them away5375: so they oppress6231 a man1397 and his house1004, even a man376 and his heritage5159. oppress: or, defraud

³Therefore thus saith559 the LORD3068; Behold, against this family4940 do I devise2803 an evil7451, from which ye shall not remove4185 your necks6677; neither shall ye go3212 haughtily7317: for this time6256 is evil7451.

⁴In that day3117 shall one take up5375 a parable4912 against you, and lament5091 with a doleful5093 lamentation5092, and say559, We be utterly7703 spoiled7703: he hath changed4171 the portion2506 of my people5971: how hath he removed4185 it from me! turning away7725 he hath divided2505 our fields7704. a doleful: Heb. a lamentation of lamentations turning: or, instead of restoring

⁵Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast7993 a cord2256 by lot1486 in the congregation6951 of the LORD3068.

⁶Prophesy5197 ye not, say they to them that prophesy5197: they shall not prophesy5197 to them, that they shall not take5253 shame3639. Prophesy ye: or, Prophesy not as they prophesy: Heb. Drop, etc

⁷O thou that art named559 the house1004 of Jacob3290, is the spirit7307 of the LORD3068 straitened7114? are these his doings4611? do not my words1697 do good3190 to him that walketh1980 uprightly3477? straitened: or, shortened? uprightly: Heb. upright?

⁸Even of late865 my people5971 is risen up6965 as an enemy341: ye pull off6584 the robe145 with4136 the garment8008 from them that pass5674 by securely983 as men averse7725 from war4421. of late: Heb. yesterday with the: Heb. over against a

⁹The women802 of my people5971 have ye cast out1644 from their pleasant8588 houses1004; from their children5768 have ye taken away3947 my glory1926 for ever5769. women: or, wives

¹⁰Arise6965 ye, and depart3212; for this is not your rest4496: because it is polluted2930, it shall destroy2254 you, even with a sore4834 destruction2256.

¹¹If3863 a man376 walking1980 in the spirit7307 and falsehood8267 do lie3576, saying, I will prophesy5197 unto thee of wine3196 and of strong drink7941; he shall even be the prophet5197 of this people5971. walking: or, walk with the wind, and lie falsely

¹²I will surely622 assemble622, O Jacob3290, all of thee; I will surely6908 gather6908 the remnant7611 of Israel3478; I will put7760 them together3162 as the sheep6629 of Bozrah1223 1224, as the flock5739 in the midst8432 of their fold1699: they shall make great noise1949 by reason of the multitude of men120.

¹³The breaker6555 is come up5927 before6440 them: they have broken up6555, and have passed through5674 the gate8179, and are gone out3318 by it: and their king4428 shall pass5674 before6440 them, and the LORD3068 on the head7218 of them.