Micah 2
New King James Version

Woe to Evildoers

2 Woe to those who devise iniquity,
And^[a]work out evil on their beds!
At^(A)morning light they practice it,
Because it is in the power of their hand.
²They^(B)covet fields and takethemby violence,
Also houses, and seizethem.
So they oppress a man and his house,
A man and his inheritance.

³Therefore thus says theLord:

“Behold, against this^(C)family I am devising^(D)disaster,
From which you cannot remove your necks;
Nor shall you walk haughtily,
For thisisan evil time.
⁴In that dayoneshall take up a proverb against you,
And^(E)lament with a bitter lamentation, saying:
‘We are utterly destroyed!
He has changed the^[b]heritage of my people;
How He has removeditfrom me!
To^[c]a turncoat He has divided our fields.’ ”

⁵Therefore you will have no^[d]one to determine boundaries by lot
In the assembly of theLord.

Lying Prophets

⁶“Do not prattle,”you say to thosewho^[e]prophesy.
So they shall not prophesy^[f]to you;
^[g]They shall not return insult for insult.
⁷You who arenamed the house of Jacob:
“Is the Spirit of theLordrestricted?
Arethese His doings?
Do not My words do good
To him who walks uprightly?

⁸“Lately My people have risen up as an enemy—
You pull off the robe with the garment
From those who trustyou,as they pass by,
Like men returned from war.
⁹The women of My people you cast out
From their pleasant houses;
From their children
You have taken away My glory forever.

¹⁰“Arise and depart,
For thisisnotyour^(F)rest;
Because it is^(G)defiled, it shall destroy,
Yes, with utter destruction.
¹¹If a man should walk in a false spirit
And speak a lie,saying,
‘I will^[h]prophesy to you^[i]of wine and drink,’
Even he would be the^(H)prattler of this people.

Israel Restored

¹²“I^(I)will surely assemble all of you, O Jacob,
I will surely gather the remnant of Israel;
I will put them together^(J)like sheep of^[j]the fold,
Like a flock in the midst of their pasture;
^(K)They shall make a loud noise because ofso manypeople.
¹³The one who breaks open will come up before them;
They will break out,
Pass through the gate,
And go out by it;
^(L)Their king will pass before them,
^(M)With theLordat their head.”