(A)“Do not preach”—thus they preach—
    (B)“one should not preach of such things;
    (C)disgrace will not overtake us.”
Should this be said, O house of Jacob?
    (D)Has the Lord grown impatient?[a]
    Are these his deeds?
Do not my words do good
    to him who walks uprightly?
But lately (E)my people have risen up as an enemy;
you strip the rich robe from those who pass by trustingly
    with no thought of war.[b]
The women of my people you drive out
    from their delightful houses;
from their young children you take away
    my splendor forever.
10 (F)Arise and go,
    for this is no (G)place to rest,
because of (H)uncleanness that destroys
    with a grievous destruction.
11 If a man should go about and (I)utter wind and lies,
    saying, “I will preach to you (J)of wine and strong drink,”
    he would be the preacher for this people!

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 2:7 Hebrew Has the spirit of the Lord grown short?
  2. Micah 2:8 Or returning from war

To those who speak out, they will declare,
    ‘Don’t prophesy to anyone!’
        so their shame won’t go away.

“It is said, house of Jacob,
    ‘The Spirit of the Lord is limited,
        if he acts this way, is he not?’
“But my words benefit those who live righteously, do they not?
Lately my people have acted like an enemy—
    you strip travelers who thought they were[a] as secure
        as those who return from war.
You have evicted the wives of my people from their dream homes;
    you have removed my majesty from their children permanently.

10 “Get up and go,
    because there’s no rest for you here!
Since everything[b] is polluted, it can only cause destruction,
    even heavy destruction.
11 Suppose a man who keeps company with a deceiving spirit prophesies like this:
    ‘Drink wine and strong drink!’
        Won’t the people accept him as a prophet?”

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 2:8 The Heb. lacks thought they were
  2. Micah 2:10 Lit. it