Micah 2:1-13.
Micah 2.1-13
At night you lie in bed, making evil plans. And when morning comes,
you do what you've planned because you have the power. You grab any
field or house that you want; you cheat families out of homes and
land.
But here is what the Lord says: "I am planning trouble for you. Your
necks will be caught in a noose, and you will be disgraced in this
time of disaster."
When that happens, this sorrowful song will be sung about you:
"Ruined! Completely ruined! The Lord has taken our land and given it
to traitors." And so you will never again own property among the
Lord's people.
"Enough of your preaching!" That's what you tell me. "We won't be
disgraced, so stop preaching!"
Descendants of Jacob, is it right for you to claim that the Lord did
what he did because he was angry? Doesn't he always bless those who do
right? My people, you have even stolen clothes right off the backs of
your unsuspecting soldiers returning home from battle. You take over
lovely homes that belong to the women of my nation. Then you cheat
their children out of the inheritance that comes from the Lord.
Get out of here, you crooks! You'll find no rest here. You're not fit
to belong to the Lord's people, and you will be destroyed. The only
prophet you want is a liar who will say, "Drink and get drunk!"
God bless you.
At night you lie in bed, making evil plans. And when morning comes,
you do what you've planned because you have the power. You grab any
field or house that you want; you cheat families out of homes and
land.
But here is what the Lord says: "I am planning trouble for you. Your
necks will be caught in a noose, and you will be disgraced in this
time of disaster."
When that happens, this sorrowful song will be sung about you:
"Ruined! Completely ruined! The Lord has taken our land and given it
to traitors." And so you will never again own property among the
Lord's people.
"Enough of your preaching!" That's what you tell me. "We won't be
disgraced, so stop preaching!"
Descendants of Jacob, is it right for you to claim that the Lord did
what he did because he was angry? Doesn't he always bless those who do
right? My people, you have even stolen clothes right off the backs of
your unsuspecting soldiers returning home from battle. You take over
lovely homes that belong to the women of my nation. Then you cheat
their children out of the inheritance that comes from the Lord.
Get out of here, you crooks! You'll find no rest here. You're not fit
to belong to the Lord's people, and you will be destroyed. The only
prophet you want is a liar who will say, "Drink and get drunk!"
God bless you.
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