The women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant houses, and from their children have ye taken away [a]my glory continually.

10 Arise and depart, for this is not your [b]rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction.

11 If a man [c]walk in the spirit, and would lie falsely, saying, [d]I will prophesy unto thee of wine, and of strong drink, he shall even be the prophet of this people.

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 2:9 That is, their substance and living, which is God’s blessing, and as it were part of his glory.
  2. Micah 2:10 Jerusalem shall not be your safeguard: but the cause of your destruction.
  3. Micah 2:11 That is, show himself to be a Prophet.
  4. Micah 2:11 He showeth what prophets they delight in, that is, in flatterers, which tell them pleasant tales, and speak of their commodities.

You drive the women of my people
    from their pleasant homes.(A)
You take away my blessing
    from their children forever.
10 Get up, go away!
    For this is not your resting place,(B)
because it is defiled,(C)
    it is ruined, beyond all remedy.
11 If a liar and deceiver(D) comes and says,
    ‘I will prophesy for you plenty of wine and beer,’(E)
    that would be just the prophet for this people!(F)

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