Micah

Micah 2 ©

1 God's judgment against oppression. 4 A lamentation for the removal of his people. 7 A reproof for their injustice and delight in false prophets. 12 A promise of restoration.

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WOE to them that adevise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because bit is in the power of their hand.

a Es. 3.8,9. Ro. 1.30. Ps. 36.1,4. Is. 5.18. Je. 9.5. Pr. 4.16. Ho. 7.6. ch.7.2,3. Is. 59.7.
b Pr. 3.27. Ec. 4.1. Ge. 31.29. De. 28.32. Jn. 19.10.
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And cthey covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they 1oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.

c Is. 5.8. 1Ki. 21.2,15. Am. 3.9,10; 5.11; 8.4-6. ch.3.2,3; 7.2,3.
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Therefore thus saith the LORD; dBehold, against this efamily do I devise an evil, ffrom which ye shall not remove your necks; gneither shall ye go haughtily: for hthis time is evil.

d Ps. 18.26. Mat. 7.2. Ja. 2.13. Ps. 50.21,22. Je. 18.11; 14.15.
e Je. 1.15; 8.3; 10.23. Am. 3.2.
f Is. 24.17,18. Je. 48.44. Am. 2.14-16; 9.1-4. Zep. 1.14-18.
g Job 40.11,12. Is. 2.11-17; 47.1.
h Eze. 7.5. Am. 5.13; 8.2,3. Zep. 1.14,18.
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¶In that day shall one take up ia parable against you, and lament 2with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: jhe hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! 3turning away he hath divided our fields.

i Job 27.1. Eze. 20.49. Hab. 2.6. Jn. 16.25,29. Ps. 44.14. Je. 24.9. Is. 14.4. Nu. 21.27.
j v.10. Am. 5.27; 7.9,11,17. 2Ki. 17.23,24. ch.1.15.
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Therefore kthou shalt have none that shall lcast a cord by lot in the congregation of the LORD.

k v.2,3.
l Ps. 16.6. Ho. 9.3. De. 32.8,9; 23.1,2. Jos. 18.4,6,11.
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m4Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy: nthey shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame.

m Is. 30.10. Am. 2.12; 7.11,12,16.
n Zep. 3.5. Je. 6.15. Mat. 7.6. Is. 8.16. Eze. 3.26; 30.2.
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¶O thou that art onamed the house of Jacob, pis the spirit of the LORD 5*straitened? are these his doings? qdo not my words do good to him that walketh 6uprightly?

o Jn. 8.40. Ro. 2.17. Tit. 1.16. 2Ti. 3.5.
p Zec. 4.6. Is. 59.1,2; 28.21; 50.2.
q Ho. 14.9. Is. 39.8. Ps. 25.10. Je. 15.16. Ro. 8.28.
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rEven 7of late my people is risen up as an enemy: ye pull off the robe 8with the garment from them that pass by *securely as men averse from war.

r Is. 9.21. 2Ki. 12.20; 14.13. 2Ch. 28.5-8.
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The 9women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their children have ye taken away my glory for ever.

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sArise ye, and depart; for this is not tyour rest: ubecause it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a *sore destruction.

s Le. 26.33. De. 28.25,41,64. 2Ki. 15.29; 17.6. He. 4.5,6.
t De. 12.9.
u Je. 31.2; 9.19; 10.18. Le. 18.25-28.
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vIf a man 10walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; whe shall even be the prophet of this people.

v 1Ki. 22.21,13. Eze. 13.3-22. Je. 6.13,14; 8.10,11; 14.13,14. Phi. 3.18,19. Ro. 16.18.
w Je. 5.31.
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¶I xwill surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; yI will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of their fold: they shall zmake great noise by reason of the multitude of men.

x ch.4.6,7. Zep. 3.19. Is. 11.11; 27.12,13. Je. 3.18; 23.3; 31.8-13. Ho. 1.10,11; 3.5; 14.4-8. Ro. 11.26.
y Is. 43.6; 49.12-23; 60.1-22. Eze. 34.11-31; 36; 37; 39.25-28. 1Ch. 1.44.
z Zec. 9.15; 10.7,8; 8.19-23; 2.4,11. Ho. 1.10.
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The abreaker is come up before them: bthey have broken up, and have passed through the gate, and are gone out by it: and ctheir king shall pass before them, and the LORD on the head of them.

a Zec. 12.8. Is. 57.14; 62.10; 42.16; 49.10,11. Da. 2.34,35,44.
b Eze. 20.37. Zec. 9.14-16; 10.5,12; 12.1-8.
c Is. 52.12; 9.6,7; 49.10,11. Je. 23.5,6. Eze. 34.23,24. Ho. 1.11; 3.5. Re. 17.14; 19.6,7,11-14.