Micah 2:6-11

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False Prophets

⁶“Do not prophesy,” their prophets say.
    “Do not prophesy about these things;
    disgrace^(A) will not overtake us.^(B)”
⁷You descendants of Jacob, should it be said,
    “Does the Lord become^[a] impatient?
    Does he do such things?”

“Do not my words do good^(C)
    to the one whose ways are upright?^(D)
⁸Lately my people have risen up
    like an enemy.
You strip off the rich robe
    from those who pass by without a care,
    like men returning from battle.
⁹You drive the women of my people
    from their pleasant homes.^(E)
You take away my blessing
    from their children forever.
¹⁰Get up, go away!
    For this is not your resting place,^(F)
because it is defiled,^(G)
    it is ruined, beyond all remedy.
¹¹If a liar and deceiver^(H) comes and says,
    ‘I will prophesy for you plenty of wine and beer,’^(I)
    that would be just the prophet for this people!^(J)

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Micah 2:7 Or Is the Spirit of the Lord

Deuteronomy 11:13-17

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¹³So if you faithfully obey^(A) the commands I am giving you today—to love^(B) the Lord your God and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul^(C)— ¹⁴then I will send rain^(D) on your land in its season, both autumn and spring rains,^(E) so that you may gather in your grain, new wine and olive oil. ¹⁵I will provide grass^(F) in the fields for your cattle, and you will eat and be satisfied.^(G)

¹⁶Be careful, or you will be enticed to turn away and worship other gods and bow down to them.^(H) ¹⁷Then the Lord’s anger^(I) will burn against you, and he will shut up^(J) the heavens so that it will not rain and the ground will yield no produce,^(K) and you will soon perish^(L) from the good land the Lord is giving you.