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evil plans<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Micah.2.1.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> on their beds!</p><p class="poem">At morning light<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Micah.2.1.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> they accomplish it</p><p class="poem">because the power is in their hands.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Micah.2.1.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Micah.2.2" /> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/2-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>They covet fields<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Micah.2.2.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> and seize them;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Micah.2.2.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">they also take houses.</p><p class="poem">They deprive a man of his home,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Micah.2.2.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></p><p class="poem">a person of his inheritance.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Micah.2.2.4"><span class="xrfAlphabet">d</span></a></p></blockquote><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Micah.2.3" /> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/2-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Therefore, the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> says:</p><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem">I am now planning<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Micah.2.3.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> a disaster</p><p class="poem">against this nation;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Micah.2.3.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">you cannot free your necks from it.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Micah.2.3.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></p><p class="poem">Then you will not walk so proudly<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Micah.2.3.4"><span class="xrfAlphabet">d</span></a></p><p class="poem">because it will be an evil time.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Micah.2.3.5"><span class="xrfAlphabet">e</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Micah.2.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/2-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>In that day one will take up<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Micah.2.4.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> a taunt against you</p><p class="poem">and lament mournfully,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Micah.2.4.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> saying,</p><p class="poem">“We are totally ruined!<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Micah.2.4.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></p><p class="poem">He measures out the allotted land of my people.</p><p class="poem">How he removes it from me!</p><p class="poem">He allots our fields<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Micah.2.4.4"><span class="xrfAlphabet">d</span></a> to traitors.”</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Micah.2.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/2-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Therefore, there will be no one</p><p class="poem">in the assembly of the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span></p><p class="poem">to divide the land by casting lots.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Micah.2.5.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Micah.2.5.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><h3 class="head1">God’s Word Rejected</h3><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Micah.2.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/2-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>“Quit your preaching,”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Micah.2.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> they<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Micah.2.6.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> preach.</p><p class="poem">“They should not preach these things;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Micah.2.6.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">shame will not overtake us.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Micah.2.6.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Micah.2.6.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Micah.2.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>House of Jacob, should it be asked,</p><p class="poem">“Is the Spirit of the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> impatient?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Micah.2.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">Are these the things he does? ”</p><p class="poem">Don’t my words bring good<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Micah.2.7.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">to the one who walks uprightly?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Micah.2.7.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Micah.2.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>But recently my people have risen up</p><p class="poem">like an enemy:<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Micah.2.8.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">You strip off the splendid robe<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Micah.2.8.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">from those who are passing through confidently,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Micah.2.8.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></p><p class="poem">like those returning from war.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Micah.2.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>You force<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Micah.2.9.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> the women of my people</p><p class="poem">out of their comfortable homes,</p><p class="poem">and you take my blessing<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Micah.2.9.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Micah.2.9.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">from their children forever.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Micah.2.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Get up and leave,</p><p class="poem">for this is not your place of rest<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Micah.2.10.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">because defilement<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Micah.2.10.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> brings destruction —</p><p class="poem">a grievous destruction!<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Micah.2.10.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Micah.2.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>If a man comes</p><p class="poem">and utters empty lies<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Micah.2.11.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> —</p><p class="poem">“I will preach to you about wine and beer”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Micah.2.11.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> —</p><p class="poem">he would be just the preacher for this people!<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Micah.2.11.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></p></blockquote><h3 class="head1">The Remnant Regathered</h3><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Micah.2.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>I will indeed gather<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Micah.2.12.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> all of you, Jacob;</p><p class="poem">I will collect the remnant of Israel.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Micah.2.12.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">I will bring them together like sheep in a pen,</p><p class="poem">like a flock in the middle of its pasture.</p><p class="poem">It will be noisy with people.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Micah.2.12.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Micah.2.13" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>One who breaks open the way</p><p class="poem">will advance before them;</p><p class="poem">they will break out, pass through the city gate,</p><p class="poem">and leave by it.</p><p class="poem">Their King will pass through before them,</p><p class="poem">the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> as their leader.</p></blockquote><br /><section id="footnotes-Micah.2" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Micah.2.5.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Micah.2.5">2:5</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">Lord stretching the measuring line by lot</span></aside><aside id="fn.Micah.2.6.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Micah.2.6">2:6</a></span> = the prophets</aside><aside id="fn.Micah.2.6.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Micah.2.6">2:6</a></span> Text emended; MT reads <span class="italic">things. Shame will not depart</span></aside><aside id="fn.Micah.2.9.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Micah.2.9">2:9</a></span> Perhaps the land</aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Micah.2" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Micah.2.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Micah.2.1">2:1</a></span> Ps 36:4; Is 32:7; Nah 1:11</aside><aside id="xrf.Micah.2.1.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Micah.2.1">2:1</a></span> Hs 7:6–7</aside><aside id="xrf.Micah.2.1.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Micah.2.1">2:1</a></span> Gn 31:29; Dt 28:32; Pr 3:27</aside><aside id="xrf.Micah.2.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Micah.2.2">2:2</a></span> Jr 22:17; Am 8:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Micah.2.2.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Micah.2.2">2:2</a></span> Is 5:8</aside><aside id="xrf.Micah.2.2.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Micah.2.2">2:2</a></span> 1Kg 21:1–15</aside><aside id="xrf.Micah.2.2.4"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Micah.2.2">2:2</a></span> Ex 20:17; Is 5:8</aside><aside id="xrf.Micah.2.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Micah.2.3">2:3</a></span> Dt 28:48; Jr 18:11</aside><aside id="xrf.Micah.2.3.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Micah.2.3">2:3</a></span> Jr 8:3; Am 3:1–2</aside><aside id="xrf.Micah.2.3.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Micah.2.3">2:3</a></span> Lm 1:14; 5:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Micah.2.3.4"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Micah.2.3">2:3</a></span> Is 2:11–12</aside><aside id="xrf.Micah.2.3.5"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Micah.2.3">2:3</a></span> Am 5:13</aside><aside id="xrf.Micah.2.4.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Micah.2.4">2:4</a></span> Hab 2:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Micah.2.4.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Micah.2.4">2:4</a></span> Jr 9:10,17–21; Mc 1:8</aside><aside id="xrf.Micah.2.4.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Micah.2.4">2:4</a></span> Is 6:11; 24:3; Jr 4:13</aside><aside id="xrf.Micah.2.4.4"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Micah.2.4">2:4</a></span> Jr 6:12; 8:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Micah.2.5.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Micah.2.5">2:5</a></span> Nm 34:13,16–29; Jos 18:4,10</aside><aside id="xrf.Micah.2.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Micah.2.6">2:6</a></span> Is 30:10; Am 2:12; 7:16</aside><aside id="xrf.Micah.2.6.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Micah.2.6">2:6</a></span> Is 29:10; Mc 3:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Micah.2.6.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Micah.2.6">2:6</a></span> Mc 6:16</aside><aside id="xrf.Micah.2.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Micah.2.7">2:7</a></span> Is 50:2; 59:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Micah.2.7.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Micah.2.7">2:7</a></span> Ps 119:65,68,116; Jr 15:16</aside><aside id="xrf.Micah.2.7.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Micah.2.7">2:7</a></span> Ps 15:2; 84:11</aside><aside id="xrf.Micah.2.8.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Micah.2.8">2:8</a></span> Jr 12:8</aside><aside id="xrf.Micah.2.8.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Micah.2.8">2:8</a></span> Mc 3:2–3; 7:2–3</aside><aside id="xrf.Micah.2.8.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Micah.2.8">2:8</a></span> Ps 120:6–7</aside><aside id="xrf.Micah.2.9.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Micah.2.9">2:9</a></span> Jr 10:20</aside><aside id="xrf.Micah.2.9.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Micah.2.9">2:9</a></span> Ezk 39:21; Hab 2:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Micah.2.10.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Micah.2.10">2:10</a></span> Dt 3:19–20; 12:8–10</aside><aside id="xrf.Micah.2.10.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Micah.2.10">2:10</a></span> Ps 106:38</aside><aside id="xrf.Micah.2.10.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Micah.2.10">2:10</a></span> Lv 18:25–28</aside><aside id="xrf.Micah.2.11.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Micah.2.11">2:11</a></span> Jr 5:13,31</aside><aside id="xrf.Micah.2.11.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Micah.2.11">2:11</a></span> Is 28:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Micah.2.11.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Micah.2.11">2:11</a></span> Is 30:10–11</aside><aside id="xrf.Micah.2.12.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Micah.2.12">2:12</a></span> Mc 4:6–7</aside><aside id="xrf.Micah.2.12.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Micah.2.12">2:12</a></span> 2Kg 19:31; Mc 5:7–8; 7:18</aside><aside id="xrf.Micah.2.12.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Micah.2.12">2:12</a></span> Jr 23:3; Ezk 36:35–38</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-Micah.2" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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