Mic 2 | NASB1995 | STEP | Woe to those who scheme iniquity , Who work out evil on their beds ! When morning comes, they do it, For it is in the power of their hands .

Micah 2

Woe to Oppressors

1 Woe to those who ^ascheme iniquity,
Who work out evil on their beds!
^{▼▼ Lit In the light of the morning
,} ^cWhen morning comes, they do it,
For it is in the ^dpower of their hands.
2 They ^ecovet fields and then ^fseize them,
And houses, and take them away.
They ^{▼▼ Lit oppress
,} ^hrob a man and his house,
A man and his inheritance.

3 Therefore thus says the Lord, “Behold, I am ⁱplanning against this ^jfamily a calamity
From which you ^kcannot remove your necks;
And you will not walk ^lhaughtily,
For it will be an ^mevil time.
4 “On that day they will ⁿtake up against you a ^{▼▼ Or proverb}taunt
And ^{▼▼ Lit lament
,} ^qutter a bitter lamentation and say,
‘We are completely ^rdestroyed!
He exchanges the portion of my people;
How He removes it from me!
To the apostate He ^sapportions our fields.’
5 “Therefore you will have no one ^{▼▼ Lit casting
,} ^ustretching a measuring line
For you by lot in the assembly of the Lord.

6 ‘ ^vDo not ^{▼▼ Lit flow}speak out,’ so they ^{▼▼ Lit flow}speak out.
But if ^{▼▼ I.e. God’s prophets}they do ^znot ^{▼▼ Lit flow}speak out concerning these things,
^abReproaches will not be turned back.
7 “Is it being said, O house of Jacob:
‘Is the Spirit of the Lord ^acimpatient?
Are these His doings?’
Do not My words ^addo good
To the one ^aewalking uprightly?
8 ^{▼▼ Lit And yesterday}“Recently My people have arisen as an ^agenemy—
You ^ahstrip the ^{▼▼ Or ornaments}robe off the garment
From ^ajunsuspecting passers-by,
From those returned from war.
9 “The women of My people you ^akevict,
Each one from her pleasant house.
From her children you take My ^alsplendor forever.
10 “Arise and go,
For this is no place ^amof rest
Because of the ^anuncleanness that brings on destruction,
A painful destruction.
11 “If a man walking after wind and ^aofalsehood
Had told lies and said,
‘I will ^{▼▼ Lit flow}speak out to you concerning ^aqwine and liquor,’
He would be ^{▼▼ Lit one who flows oracles}spokesman to ^asthis people.

12 “I will surely ^atassemble all of you, Jacob,
I will surely gather the ^auremnant of Israel.
I will put them together like sheep in the fold;
Like a flock in the midst of its pasture
They will be noisy with men.
13 “The breaker goes up before them;
They break out, pass through the gate and go out by it.
So their king goes on before them,
And the Lord at their head.”