Micah 2:6-11

Christian Standard Bible

⁶ “Quit your preaching,”^(A) they^[a] preach.
“They should not preach these things;^(B)
shame will not overtake us.”^[b](C)
7 House of Jacob, should it be asked,
“Is the Spirit of the Lord impatient?^(D)
Are these the things he does?”
Don’t my words bring good^(E)
to the one who walks uprightly?^(F)
8 But recently my people have risen up
like an enemy:^(G)
You strip off the splendid robe^(H)
from those who are passing through confidently,^(I)
like those returning from war.
⁹ You force^(J) the women of my people
out of their comfortable homes,
and you take my blessing^[c](K)
from their children forever.
¹⁰ Get up and leave,
for this is not your place of rest^(L)
because defilement^(M) brings destruction—
a grievous destruction!^(N)
11 If a man comes
and utters empty lies^(O)—
“I will preach to you about wine and beer”^(P)—
he would be just the preacher for this people!^(Q)