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Micah 2 Brenton's Septuagint Translation
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Are not the Lord's words right with him? and have they not proceeded correctly?<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Even beforetime my people withstood <i>him</i> as an enemy against his peace; they have stripped off his skin to remove hope <i>in</i> the conflict of war.<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>The leaders of my people shall be cast forth from their luxurious houses; they are rejected because of their evil practices; draw ye near to the everlasting mountains.<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Arise thou, and depart; for this is not thy rest because of uncleanness: ye have been utterly destroyed;<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>ye have fled, no one pursuing <i>you: thy</i> spirit has framed falsehood, it has dropped on thee for wine and strong drink. But it shall come to pass, <i>that</i> out of the dropping of this people,<p> <A name="13"></a><p class="hdg">The Remnant of Israel<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Jacob shall be completely gathered with all <i>his people:</i> I will surely receive the remnant of Israel; I will cause them to return together, as sheep in trouble, as a flock in the midst of their fold: they shall rush forth from among men through the breach made before them:<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/micah/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>they have broken through, and passed the gate, and gone out by it: and their king has gone out before them, and the Lord shall lead them.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The English translation of The Septuagint by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton (1851)<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../micah/1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Micah 1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Micah 1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../micah/3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Micah 3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Micah 3" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>