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¡Ay de los que piensan iniquidad, y de los que fabrican el mal en sus camas! Cuando viene la mañana lo ponen en obra, porque tienen en su mano el poder.

Y codiciaron las heredades, y las robaron; y casas, y las tomaron; oprimieron al hombre y a su casa, al hombre y a su heredad.

Por tanto, así dijo el SEÑOR: He aquí, yo pienso sobre esta familia un mal, del cual no sacaréis vuestros cuellos, ni andaréis erguidos; porque el tiempo será malo.

En aquel tiempo se levantará sobre vosotros refrán, y se hará endecha de lamentación, diciendo: Del todo fuimos destruidos; ha cambiado la parte de mi pueblo. ¡Cómo nos quitó nuestros campos! Los dio, y los repartió a otros.

Por tanto, no tendrás quien eche cordel para suerte en la congregación del SEÑOR.

No profeticéis, dicen a los que profetizan; no les profeticen que los ha de comprender la vergüenza.

La que te dices Casa de Jacob, ¿se ha acortado el espíritu del SEÑOR? ¿Son éstas sus obras? ¿Mis palabras no hacen bien al que camina derechamente?

El que ayer era mi pueblo, se ha levantado como enemigo; tras las vestiduras quitasteis las capas atrevidamente a los que pasaban, como los que vuelven de la guerra.

A las mujeres de mi pueblo echasteis fuera de las casas de sus delicias; a sus niños quitasteis mi perpetua alabanza.

10 Levantaos, y andad, que no es ésta el descanso; porque está contaminada, se corrompió, y de grande corrupción.

11 Si hubiere alguno andando con espíritu de falsedad mintiere diciendo: Yo te profetizaré de vino y de bebida fuerte; éste tal será profeta a este pueblo.

12 De cierto te reuniré todo, oh Jacob: recogeré ciertamente el resto de Israel; lo pondré junto como ovejas de Bosra, como rebaño en mitad de su majada; harán estruendo por la multitud de los hombres.

13 Subirá rompedor delante de ellos; romperán y pasarán la puerta, y saldrán por ella; y su Rey pasará delante de ellos, el SEÑOR por su cabeza.

People’s Plans and God’s Plans

How terrible it will be for those
    who plan to harm others!
How terrible for those who make evil plans
    before they even get out of bed!
As soon as daylight comes,
    they carry out their plans.
    That’s because they have the power to do it.
If they want fields or houses,
    they take them.
They cheat people out of their homes.
    They rob them of their property.

So the Lord says to them,

“I am planning to send trouble on you.
    You will not be able to save yourselves from it.
You will not live so proudly anymore.
    It will be a time of trouble.
At that time people will make fun of you.
    They will tease you by singing a song of sadness.
    They will pretend to be you and say,
‘We are totally destroyed.
    Our enemies have divided up our land.
The Lord has taken it away from us!
    He has given our fields to those
    who turned against us.’ ”

So you won’t even have anyone left
    in the Lord’s community
    who can divide up the land for you.

Some Prophets Aren’t Really Prophets at All

“Don’t prophesy,” the people’s prophets say.
    “Don’t prophesy about bad things.
    Nothing shameful is going to happen to us.”
People of Jacob, should anyone say,
    “The Lord is patient,
    so he wouldn’t do things like that”?

The Lord replies, “What I promise brings good things
    to those who lead honest lives.
But lately my people have attacked one another
    as if they were enemies.
You strip off the rich robes
    from those who happen to pass by.
They thought they were as safe as men
    returning from a battle they had won.
You drive the women among my people
    out of their pleasant homes.
You take away my blessing
    from their children forever.
10 Get up! Leave this land!
    It is no longer your resting place.
You have made it ‘unclean.’
    You have completely destroyed it.
11 Suppose a prophet goes around telling lies.
    And he prophesies that you will have
    plenty of wine and beer.
Then that kind of prophet would be
    just right for this nation!

The Lord Promises to Save His People

12 “People of Jacob, I will gather all of you.
    I will bring together
    you who are still left alive in Israel.
I will gather you together like sheep in a pen.
    You will be like a flock in its grasslands.
    Your country will be filled with people.
13 I will open the way for you to return.
    I will march in front of you.
    You will break through the city gates and go free.
I am your King. I will pass through the gates
    in front of you.
    I, the Lord, will lead the way.”

Woe to Evildoers

Woe to those who devise iniquity,
And [a]work out evil on their beds!
At (A)morning light they practice it,
Because it is in the power of their hand.
They (B)covet fields and take them by violence,
Also houses, and seize them.
So they oppress a man and his house,
A man and his inheritance.

Therefore thus says the Lord:

“Behold, against this (C)family I am devising (D)disaster,
From which you cannot remove your necks;
Nor shall you walk haughtily,
For this is an evil time.
In that day one shall take up a proverb against you,
And (E)lament with a bitter lamentation, saying:
‘We are utterly destroyed!
He has changed the [b]heritage of my people;
How He has removed it from me!
To [c]a turncoat He has divided our fields.’ ”

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

Lying Prophets

“Do not prattle,” you say to those who [e]prophesy.
So they shall not prophesy [f]to you;
[g]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?

“Lately My people have risen up as an enemy—
You pull off the robe with the garment
From those who trust you, as they pass by,
Like men returned from war.
The women of My people you cast out
From their pleasant houses;
From their children
You have taken away My glory forever.

10 “Arise and depart,
For this is not your (F)rest;
Because it is (G)defiled, it shall destroy,
Yes, with utter destruction.
11 If a man should walk in a false spirit
And speak a lie, saying,
‘I will [h]prophesy to you [i]of wine and drink,’
Even he would be the (H)prattler of this people.

Israel Restored

12 “I(I) will surely assemble all of you, O Jacob,
I will surely gather the remnant of Israel;
I will put them together (J)like sheep of [j]the fold,
Like a flock in the midst of their pasture;
(K)They shall make a loud noise because of so many people.
13 The one who breaks open will come up before them;
They will break out,
Pass through the gate,
And go out by it;
(L)Their king will pass before them,
(M)With the Lord at their head.”

Footnotes

  1. Micah 2:1 Plan
  2. Micah 2:4 Lit. portion
  3. Micah 2:4 Lit. one turning back, an apostate
  4. Micah 2:5 Lit. one casting a surveyor’s line
  5. Micah 2:6 Or preach, lit. drip words
  6. Micah 2:6 Lit. to these
  7. Micah 2:6 Vg. He shall not take shame
  8. Micah 2:11 Or preach, lit. drip
  9. Micah 2:11 concerning
  10. Micah 2:12 Heb. Bozrah

Human Plans and God’s Plans

Woe to those who plan iniquity,
    to those who plot evil(A) on their beds!(B)
At morning’s light they carry it out
    because it is in their power to do it.
They covet fields(C) and seize them,(D)
    and houses, and take them.
They defraud(E) people of their homes,
    they rob them of their inheritance.(F)

Therefore, the Lord says:

“I am planning disaster(G) against this people,
    from which you cannot save yourselves.
You will no longer walk proudly,(H)
    for it will be a time of calamity.
In that day people will ridicule you;
    they will taunt you with this mournful song:
‘We are utterly ruined;(I)
    my people’s possession is divided up.(J)
He takes it from me!
    He assigns our fields to traitors.’”

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

False Prophets

“Do not prophesy,” their prophets say.
    “Do not prophesy about these things;
    disgrace(M) will not overtake us.(N)
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(O)
    to the one whose ways are upright?(P)
Lately my people have risen up
    like an enemy.
You strip off the rich robe
    from those who pass by without a care,
    like men returning from battle.
You drive the women of my people
    from their pleasant homes.(Q)
You take away my blessing
    from their children forever.
10 Get up, go away!
    For this is not your resting place,(R)
because it is defiled,(S)
    it is ruined, beyond all remedy.
11 If a liar and deceiver(T) comes and says,
    ‘I will prophesy for you plenty of wine and beer,’(U)
    that would be just the prophet for this people!(V)

Deliverance Promised

12 “I will surely gather all of you, Jacob;
    I will surely bring together the remnant(W) of Israel.
I will bring them together like sheep in a pen,
    like a flock in its pasture;
    the place will throng with people.(X)
13 The One who breaks open the way will go up before(Y) them;
    they will break through the gate(Z) and go out.
Their King will pass through before them,
    the Lord at their head.”

Footnotes

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