Therefore you will have no [a]one to determine boundaries by lot
In the assembly of the Lord.

Lying Prophets

“Do not prattle,” you say to those who [b]prophesy.
So they shall not prophesy [c]to you;
[d]They shall not return insult for insult.
You who are named the house of Jacob:
“Is the Spirit of the Lord restricted?
Are these His doings?
Do not My words do good
To him who walks uprightly?

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 2:5 Lit. one casting a surveyor’s line
  2. Micah 2:6 Or preach, lit. drip words
  3. Micah 2:6 Lit. to these
  4. Micah 2:6 Vg. He shall not take shame

Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord by lot
in the congregation of the Lord.
Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy:
they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame.

O thou that art named the house of Jacob,
is the spirit of the Lord straitened?
are these his doings?
do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?

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Therefore you will have no one in the assembly of the Lord
    to divide the land(A) by lot.(B)

False Prophets

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

“Do not my words do good(E)
    to the one whose ways are upright?(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 2:7 Or Is the Spirit of the Lord

Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord by lot in the congregation of the Lord.

Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame.

O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the Lord straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?

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