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From their pleasant houses; 4 Then they will cry to the LORD,
From their children But He will not hear them;
You have taken away My glory forever. He will even hide His face from them
“Arise and depart,
10 at that time,
For this is not your rest; Because they have been evil in their
Because it is defiled, it shall destroy, deeds.
Yes, with utter destruction. 5 Thus says the LORD concerning the
If a man should walk in a false spirit prophets
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And speak a lie, saying, Who make my people stray;
‘I will prophesy to you of wine and drink,’ Who chant “Peace”
Even he would be the prattler of this While they chew with their teeth,
people.
But who prepare war against him
Who puts nothing into their mouths:
6 “Therefore you shall have night
without vision,
2:6–11 False prophets, commanding Micah to
cease prophesying,would certainly not proph- And you shall have darkness
esy against the people’s evil doing.They would without divination;
not confront them with the divine standard of The sun shall go down on the
holiness. Rather, their false message (v. 7) had prophets,
stopped the mouths of the true prophets and And the day shall be dark
had permitted the rulers to engage in social for them.
atrocities (vv. 8,9), leading the people to 7 So the seers shall be ashamed,
destruction (v. 10). They didn’t want true And the diviners abashed;
prophecies; therefore, they got what they Indeed they shall all cover their lips;
wanted (Is.30:10).It is best to understand that For there is no answer from God.”
Micah speaks in v. 6 and God in vv. 7–11.
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But truly I am full of power by the
Spirit of the LORD,
12 “I will surely assemble all of you, And of justice and might,
O Jacob, To declare to Jacob his transgression
I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; And to Israel his sin.
I will put them together like sheep 9 Now hear this,
of the fold, You heads of the house of Jacob
Like a flock in the midst of their pasture; And rulers of the house of Israel,
They shall make a loud noise because Who abhor justice
of so many people. And pervert all equity,
The one who breaks open will come up Who build up Zion with bloodshed
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before them; And Jerusalem with iniquity:
They will break out, 11 Her heads judge for a bribe,
Pass through the gate, Her priests teach for pay,
And go out by it; And her prophets divine for money.
Their king will pass before them, Yet they lean on the LORD, and say,
With the LORD at their head.” “Is not the LORD among us?
No harm can come upon us.”
3 And I said: 12 Therefore because of you
Zion shall be plowed like a field,
“Hear now, O heads of Jacob, Jerusalem shall become heaps of
And you rulers of the house of Israel: ruins,
Is it not for you to know justice? And the mountain of the temple
2 You who hate good and love evil; Like the bare hills of the forest.
Who strip the skin from My people, Psalm 144:9–15
And the flesh from their bones;
3 Who also eat the flesh of My people, 9 I will sing a new song to You, O God;
Flay their skin from them, On a harp of ten strings I will sing
Break their bones, praises to You,
And chop them in pieces 10 The One who gives salvation to kings,
Like meat for the pot, Who delivers David His servant
Like flesh in the caldron.” From the deadly sword.

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