Berean Standard Bible

Micah 2

1WoeH1945 to those who deviseH2803 iniquityH205 and plotH6466 evilH7451 onH5921 their bedsH4904! At morning’sH1242 lightH216 they accomplish itH6213 becauseH3588 the powerH410 isH3426 in their handsH3027.2They covetH2530 fieldsH7704 and seize themH1497; they take awayH5375 housesH1004. They depriveH6231 a manH1397 of his homeH1004, a fellow manH376 of his inheritanceH5159.

3ThereforeH3651 this is whatH3541 the LORDH3068 H2005 saysH559:

“I am planningH2803 againstH5921 thisH2063 nationH4940 a disasterH7451fromH8033 whichH834 you cannotH3808 freeH4185 your necksH6677.Then you will notH3808 walkH1980 so proudlyH7317,forH3588 itH1931 will be a timeH6256 of calamityH7451.4In thatH1931 dayH3117 they will take upH5375 a proverbH4912 against youH5921and taunt youH5091 with this bitterH1961 lamentationH5092 :‘We are utterly ruinedH7703!He has changedH4171 the portionH2506 of my peopleH5971.HowH349 He has removedH4185 it from me!He has allottedH2505 our fieldsH7704 to traitorsH7728.’”

Reproof of False Prophets

5ThereforeH3651, you will haveH1961 no oneH3808 in the assemblyH6951 of the LORDH3068 to divideH7993 the landH2256 by lotH1486.

6“Do notH408 preachH5197,” they preachH5197.“Do notH3808 preachH5197 these thingsH428;disgraceH3639 will notH3808 overtake usH5253.”7Should it be saidH559, O houseH1004 of JacobH3290,“Is the SpiritH7307 of the LORDH3068 H518 impatientH7114?Are theseH428 the things He doesH4611?”

Do notH3808 My wordsH1697 bring goodH3190to himH5973 who walksH1980 uprightlyH3477?8But of lateH865 My peopleH5971 have risen upH6965 H4136like an enemyH341:You strip offH6584 the splendidH145 robeH8008from unsuspectingH983 passersbyH5674like men returningH7725 from battleH4421.9You driveH1644 the womenH802 of My peopleH5971from their pleasantH8588 homesH1004.You take awayH3947 My blessingH1926fromH5921 their childrenH5768 foreverH5769.

10AriseH6965 and departH1980,forH3588 thisH2063 is notH3808 your place of restH4496,becauseH5668 its defilementH2930 brings destructionH2254—a grievousH4834 destructionH2256!

11IfH3863 a manH376 of windH7307 were to comeH1980 and sayH3576 falselyH8267, “I will preachH5197 to you of wineH3196 and strong drinkH7941,”1 he would beH1961 just the preacherH5197 for thisH2088 peopleH5971!

12I will surely gatherH622 all of youH3605, O JacobH3290;I will collectH6908 the remnantH7611 of IsraelH3478.I will bring themH7760 togetherH3162 like sheepH6629 in a penH1223,like a flockH5739 in the midstH8432 of its pastureH1699—a noisyH1949 throngH120.13One who breaks open the wayH6555will go upH5927 before themH6440;they will breakH6555 throughH5674 the gateH8179,and go outH3318 by it.Their KingH4428 will pass throughH5674 before themH6440,the LORDH3068 as their leaderH7218.