Micah 2:6-11
Legacy Standard Bible
6 ‘(A)Do not speak, dripping out words,’ they say while dripping out words.
But if [a]they do (B)not drip out words concerning these things,
(C)Dishonor will not be turned back.
7 Is it being said, O house of Jacob:
‘Is the Spirit of Yahweh (D)impatient?
Are these His deeds?’
Do not My words (E)do good
To the one (F)walking uprightly?
8 [b]And recently My people have arisen as an (G)enemy—
You (H)strip the [c]robe off the garment
From (I)unsuspecting passers-by,
From those returned from war.
9 The women of My people you (J)drive out,
Each one from her pleasant house.
From her infants you take My (K)splendor forever.
10 Arise and go,
For this is no place (L)of rest
Because of the (M)uncleanness that wreaks destruction,
A painful destruction.
11 If a man walking after wind and (N)lying
Had acted falsely and said,
‘I will speak, dripping out words to you concerning (O)wine and liquor,’
He would be one who drips out words as a spokesman to (P)this people.
Micah 2:6-11
Holman Christian Standard Bible
God’s Word Rejected
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 of wind[d] comes
and invents lies:(O)
“I will preach to you about wine and beer,”(P)
he would be just the preacher for this people!(Q)
Footnotes
- Micah 2:6 = the prophets
- Micah 2:6 Text emended; MT reads things. Shame will not depart.
- Micah 2:9 Perhaps the land
- Micah 2:11 Or spirit
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