Micah 2 NKJV

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3">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New King James Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nkjv/kjv/micah/2.shtml" style=color:#001320 title=Parallel Chapters> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"> <h3>Woe to Evildoers</span></h3><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span class="chapter-1"><span class="text Mic-2-1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/2-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Woe to those who devise iniquity,</span></span><br /><span class="text Mic-2-1">And <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[a]</a></span>work out evil on their beds!</span><br /><span class="text Mic-2-1">At morning light they practice it,</span><br /><span class="text Mic-2-1">Because it is in the power of their hand.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/2-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>They covet fields and take <i>them</i> by violence,</span><br /><span class="text Mic-2-2">Also houses, and seize <i>them.</i></span><br /><span class="text Mic-2-2">So they oppress a man and his house,</span><br /><span class="text Mic-2-2">A man and his inheritance.</span></p></div> <p class="top-1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/2-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Therefore thus says the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>:</span></p><div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"><span class="text Mic-2-3">“Behold, against this family I am devising disaster,</span><br /><span class="text Mic-2-3">From which you cannot remove your necks;</span><br /><span class="text Mic-2-3">Nor shall you walk haughtily,</span><br /><span class="text Mic-2-3">For this <i>is</i> an evil time.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/2-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>In that day <i>one</i> shall take up a proverb against you,</span><br /><span class="text Mic-2-4">And lament with a bitter lamentation, saying:</span><br /><span class="text Mic-2-4">‘We are utterly destroyed!</span><br /><span class="text Mic-2-4">He has changed the <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[b]</a></span>heritage of my people;</span><br /><span class="text Mic-2-4">How He has removed <i>it</i> from me!</span><br /><span class="text Mic-2-4">To <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[c]</a></span>a turncoat He has divided our fields.’ ”</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/2-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Therefore you will have no <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[d]</a></span>one to determine boundaries by lot</span><br /><span class="text Mic-2-5">In the assembly of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>.</span></p></div> <h3> Lying Prophets</span></h3><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span class="text Mic-2-6"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/2-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>“Do not prattle,” <i>you say to those</i> who <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[e]</a></span>prophesy.</span><br /><span class="text Mic-2-6">So they shall not prophesy <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[f]</a></span>to you;</span><br /><span class="text Mic-2-6"><span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[g]</a></span>They shall not return insult for insult.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><i>You who are</i> named the house of Jacob:</span><br /><span class="text Mic-2-7">“Is the Spirit of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> restricted?</span><br /><span class="text Mic-2-7"><i>Are</i> these His doings?</span><br /><span class="text Mic-2-7">Do not My words do good</span><br /><span class="text Mic-2-7">To him who walks uprightly?</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“Lately My people have risen up as an enemy—</span><br /><span class="text Mic-2-8">You pull off the robe with the garment</span><br /><span class="text Mic-2-8">From those who trust <i>you,</i> as they pass by,</span><br /><span class="text Mic-2-8">Like men returned from war.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>The women of My people you cast out</span><br /><span class="text Mic-2-9">From their pleasant houses;</span><br /><span class="text Mic-2-9">From their children</span><br /><span class="text Mic-2-9">You have taken away My glory forever.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>“Arise and depart,</span><br /><span class="text Mic-2-10">For this <i>is</i> not <i>your</i> rest;</span><br /><span class="text Mic-2-10">Because it is defiled, it shall destroy,</span><br /><span class="text Mic-2-10">Yes, with utter destruction.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>If a man should walk in a false spirit</span><br /><span class="text Mic-2-11">And speak a lie, <i>saying,</i></span><br /><span class="text Mic-2-11">‘I will <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[h]</a></span>prophesy to you <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[i]</a></span>of wine and drink,’</span><br /><span class="text Mic-2-11">Even he would be the prattler of this people.</span></p></div> <h3> Israel Restored</span></h3><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span class="text Mic-2-12"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“I will surely assemble all of you, O Jacob,</span><br /><span class="text Mic-2-12">I will surely gather the remnant of Israel;</span><br /><span class="text Mic-2-12">I will put them together like sheep of <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[j]</a></span>the fold,</span><br /><span class="text Mic-2-12">Like a flock in the midst of their pasture;</span><br /><span class="text Mic-2-12">They shall make a loud noise because of <i>so many</i> people.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/micah/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The one who breaks open will come up before them;</span><br /><span class="text Mic-2-13">They will break out,</span><br /><span class="text Mic-2-13">Pass through the gate,</span><br /><span class="text Mic-2-13">And go out by it;</span><br /><span class="text Mic-2-13">Their king will pass before them,</span><br /><span class="text Mic-2-13">With the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> at their head.”</span></p></div> <A name="footnotes"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes:</h4><ol><li id="fen-NKJV-22597a"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Micah 2:1">Micah 2:1</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Plan</span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-22600b"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Micah 2:4">Micah 2:4</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>portion</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-22600c"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Micah 2:4">Micah 2:4</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>one turning back,</i> an apostate</span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-22601d"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Micah 2:5">Micah 2:5</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>one casting a surveyor’s line</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-22602e"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Micah 2:6">Micah 2:6</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>preach,</i> lit. <i>drip</i> words</span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-22602f"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Micah 2:6">Micah 2:6</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>to these</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-22602g"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Micah 2:6">Micah 2:6</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Vg. <i>He shall not take shame</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-22607h"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Micah 2:11">Micah 2:11</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>preach,</i> lit. <i>drip</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-22607i"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Micah 2:11">Micah 2:11</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>concerning</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-22608j"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Micah 2:12">Micah 2:12</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Heb. <i>Bozrah</i></span></li></ol></div> </span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. 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