Micah 2:6-11

New American Standard Bible 1995

⁶ ‘^(A)Do not ^[a]speak out,’ so they ^[b]speak out.
But if ^[c]they do ^(B)not ^[d]speak out concerning these things,
^(C)Reproaches will not be turned back.
⁷ “Is it being said, O house of Jacob:
‘Is the Spirit of the Lord ^(D)impatient?
Are these His doings?’
Do not My words ^(E)do good
To the one ^(F)walking uprightly?
⁸ “^[e]Recently My people have arisen as an ^(G)enemy—
You ^(H)strip the ^[f]robe off the garment
From ^(I)unsuspecting passers-by,
From those returned from war.
⁹ “The women of My people you ^(J)evict,
Each one from her pleasant house.
From her children you take My ^(K)splendor forever.
¹⁰ “Arise and go,
For this is no place ^(L)of rest
Because of the ^(M)uncleanness that brings on destruction,
A painful destruction.
¹¹ “If a man walking after wind and ^(N)falsehood
Had told lies and said,
‘I will ^[g]speak out to you concerning ^(O)wine and liquor,’
He would be ^[h]spokesman to ^(P)this people.