Micah 2
1599 Geneva Bible
2 1 Threatenings against the wanton and dainty people. 6 They would teach the Prophets to preach.
1 Woe unto them that imagine iniquity, and work wickedness upon their beds: [a]when the morning is light they practice it, because their hand [b]hath power.
2 And they covet fields, and take them by violence, and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even man and his heritage.
3 Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, against this family have I devised a plague, whereout ye shall not pluck your necks, and ye shall not go so proudly, for this time is evil.
4 In that day shall they take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, [c]We be utterly wasted: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he taken it away to restore it unto me? he hath divided our fields.
5 Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord by lot in [d]the congregation of the Lord.
6 [e]They that prophesy, Prophesy ye not. [f]They shall not prophesy to them, neither shall they take shame.
7 O thou that art named of the house of Jacob, is the Spirit of the Lord shortened? [g]are these his works? are not my works good unto him [h]that walketh uprightly?
8 But he that was [i]yesterday my people, is risen up on the other side, as against an enemy: they spoil the [j]beautiful garment from them that pass by peaceably, as though they returned from the war.
9 The women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant houses, and from their children have ye taken away [k]my glory continually.
10 Arise and depart, for this is not your [l]rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction.
11 If a man [m]walk in the spirit, and would lie falsely, saying, [n]I will prophesy unto thee of wine, and of strong drink, he shall even be the prophet of this people.
12 I will surely gather [o]thee wholly, O Jacob: I will surely gather the remnant of Israel: I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, even as the flock in the midst of their fold: the cities shall be full of brute of the men.
13 The [p]breaker up shall come up before them: they shall break out, and pass by the gate, and go out by it, and their king shall go before them, and the Lord shall be [q]upon their heads.
Footnotes
- Micah 2:1 As soon as they rise, they execute their wicked devices of the night, and according to their power hurt others.
- Micah 2:1 Hebrew, is in power.
- Micah 2:4 Thus the Jews lament and say that there is no hope of restitution, seeing their possessions are divided among the enemies.
- Micah 2:5 Ye shall have no more lands to divide as you had in times past, and as you used to measure them in the Jubilee.
- Micah 2:6 Thus the people warn the prophets that they speak to them no more, for they cannot abide their threatenings.
- Micah 2:6 God saith that they shall not prophesy, nor receive no more of their rebukes nor taunts.
- Micah 2:7 Are these your works according to his Law?
- Micah 2:7 Do not the godly find my words comfortable?
- Micah 2:8 That is, aforetime.
- Micah 2:8 The poor can have no commodity by them, but they spoil them, as though they were enemies.
- Micah 2:9 That is, their substance and living, which is God’s blessing, and as it were part of his glory.
- Micah 2:10 Jerusalem shall not be your safeguard: but the cause of your destruction.
- Micah 2:11 That is, show himself to be a Prophet.
- Micah 2:11 He showeth what prophets they delight in, that is, in flatterers, which tell them pleasant tales, and speak of their commodities.
- Micah 2:12 To destroy thee.
- Micah 2:13 The enemy shall break their gates and walls, and lead them into Chaldea.
- Micah 2:13 To drive them forward, and to help their enemies.
弥迦书 2
Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation (Simplified)
严责恶人肆行欺虐必受灾祸
2 祸哉，那些在床上图谋罪孽、造做奸恶的！天一发亮，因手有能力就行出来了。 2 他们贪图田地就占据，贪图房屋便夺取。他们欺压人，霸占房屋和产业。 3 所以耶和华如此说：“我筹划灾祸降于这族，这祸在你们的颈项上不能解脱，你们也不能昂首而行，因为这时势是恶的。
人必为之作讽词发哀歌
4 “到那日，必有人向你们提起悲惨的哀歌，讥刺说：‘我们全然败落了！耶和华将我们的份转归别人。何竟使这份离开我们？他将我们的田地分给悖逆的人。’ 5 所以在耶和华的会中，你必没有人拈阄拉准绳。
责其多行强暴
6 “他们[a]说：‘你们不可说预言！不可向这些人说预言，不住地羞辱我们。’ 7 雅各家啊，岂可说耶和华的心不忍耐吗[b]？这些事是他所行的吗？我耶和华的言语，岂不是与行动正直的人有益吗？ 8 然而近来我的民兴起如仇敌，从那些安然经过不愿打仗之人身上剥去外衣。 9 你们将我民中的妇人从安乐家中赶出，又将我的荣耀从她们的小孩子尽行夺去。 10 你们起来去吧！这不是你们安息之所。因为污秽使人[c]毁灭，而且大大毁灭。 11 若有人心存虚假，用谎言说‘我要向你们预言得清酒和浓酒’，那人就必做这民的先知！
许雅各蒙恩旋返如羊归牢
12 “雅各家啊，我必要聚集你们，必要招聚以色列剩下的人，安置在一处，如波斯拉的羊，又如草场上的羊群。因为人数众多，就必大大喧哗。 13 开路的[d]在他们前面上去，他们直闯过城门，从城门出去。他们的王在前面行，耶和华引导他们。”
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