Micah 2:6-11

The Voice

⁶ They say,
    “Don’t rattle on like this,”
But those same people preach falsehood themselves:
    “Calamity is not coming in our direction.”
⁷ Should it be said to the people of Jacob,
    “Has the Spirit of Eternal lost His patience with us?
Is this how He works?”

Eternal One: When I speak, don’t good things happen
        to the ones who uprightly follow My fair path?
⁸     But recently My people became their own enemy.
        You strip the mantles off the clothes
    Of those just passing through, those who thought themselves safe,
        those who are opposed to war.
⁹     You drive the women of My people from the homes they love.
        You steal My glory from their young children.
¹⁰     Get up and go! This is no place for you to rest,
        because when something is contaminated with evil,
    It destroys people painfully and completely.
¹¹     If someone going on about nothing of worth wanders by and says,
        “I’ve come to preach to you of whiskey and wine,”
    Then these selfish people would hire him
        as their official speaker just because they like his message.