{"book":"Micah","slug":"micah","ch":2,"genre":"poetry","sub":"Micah","prev":"micah/1","next":"micah/3","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Woe to those who devise iniquity"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and plot evil on their beds!"},{"style":"indent1","t":"At morning’s light they accomplish it"},{"style":"indent2","t":"because the power is in their hands."}],"h":"Woe to Oppressors","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":2,"t":"They covet fields and seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of his home, a fellow man of his inheritance.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"They covet fields and seize them;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"they take away houses."},{"style":"indent1","t":"They deprive a man of his home,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"a fellow man of his inheritance."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":3,"t":"Therefore this is what the LORD says:“ I am planning against this nation a disaster from which you cannot free your necks. Then you will not walk so proudly, for it will be a time of calamity.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"Therefore this is what the LORD says:"},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ I am planning against this nation a disaster"},{"style":"indent2","t":"from which you cannot free your necks."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Then you will not walk so proudly,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"for it will be a time of calamity."}],"style":"reg"},{"v":4,"t":"In that day they will take up a proverb against you and taunt you with this bitter lamentation:‘ We are utterly ruined! He has changed the portion of my people. How He has removed [it] from me! He has allotted our fields to traitors.’”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"In that day they will take up a proverb against you"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and taunt you with this bitter lamentation:"},{"style":"indent1","t":"‘ We are utterly ruined!"},{"style":"indent2","t":"He has changed the portion of my people."},{"style":"indent1","t":"How He has removed [it] from me!"},{"style":"indent2","t":"He has allotted our fields to traitors.’”"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"Therefore, you will have no one in the assembly of the LORD to divide the land by lot.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Therefore, you will have no one in the assembly of the LORD"},{"style":"indent2","t":"to divide the land by lot."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":6,"t":"“ Do not preach,” they preach.“ Do not preach these things; disgrace will not overtake us.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ Do not preach,” they preach."},{"style":"indent2","t":"“ Do not preach these things;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"disgrace will not overtake us.”"}],"h":"Reproof of False Prophets","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":7,"t":"Should it be said, O house of Jacob,“ Is the Spirit of the LORD impatient? Are these the things He does?” Do not My words bring good to him who walks uprightly?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Should it be said, O house of Jacob,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"“ Is the Spirit of the LORD impatient?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Are these the things He does?”"},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Do not My words bring good"},{"style":"indent2","t":"to him who walks uprightly?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":8,"t":"But of late My people have risen up like an enemy: You strip off the splendid robe from unsuspecting passersby like men returning from battle.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"But of late My people have risen up"},{"style":"indent2","t":"like an enemy:"},{"style":"indent1","t":"You strip off the splendid robe"},{"style":"indent2","t":"from unsuspecting passersby"},{"style":"indent2","t":"like men returning from battle."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":9,"t":"You drive the women of My people from their pleasant homes. You take away My blessing from their children forever.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You drive the women of My people"},{"style":"indent2","t":"from their pleasant homes."},{"style":"indent1","t":"You take away My blessing"},{"style":"indent2","t":"from their children forever."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":10,"t":"Arise and depart, for this is not your place of rest, because its defilement brings destruction — a grievous destruction!","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Arise and depart,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"for this is not your place of rest,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"because its defilement brings destruction —"},{"style":"indent2","t":"a grievous destruction!"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":11,"t":"If a man of wind were to come and say falsely,“ I will preach to you of wine and strong drink,” he would be just the preacher for this people!","f":["Or “I will prophesy to you for wine and strong drink”"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"If a man of wind were to come"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and say falsely,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"“ I will preach to you of wine and strong drink,”"},{"style":"indent2","t":"he would be just the preacher for this people!"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":12,"t":"I will surely gather all of you, O Jacob; I will collect the remnant of Israel. I will bring them together like sheep in a pen, like a flock in the midst of its pasture — a noisy throng.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"I will surely gather all of you, O Jacob;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I will collect the remnant of Israel."},{"style":"indent1","t":"I will bring them together like sheep in a pen,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"like a flock in the midst of its pasture —"},{"style":"indent2","t":"a noisy throng."}],"h":"The Remnant of Israel","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":13,"t":"One who breaks open the way will go up before them; they will break through the gate, and go out by it. Their King will pass through before them, the LORD as their leader.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"One who breaks open the way"},{"style":"indent2","t":"will go up before them;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"they will break through the gate,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and go out by it."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Their King will pass through before them,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the LORD as their leader."}],"style":"indent1"}]}