Mic 2 | NASB2020 | STEP | Woe to those who devise wrongdoing , Who practice evil on their beds ! When morning comes, they do it, Because it is in the power of their hands .

Micah 2

Woe to Oppressors

1 Woe to those who ^adevise wrongdoing,
Who practice evil on their beds!
^{▼▼Lit In the light of the morning
,} ^cWhen morning comes, they do it,
Because it is in the ^dpower of their hands.
2 They ^ecovet fields, so they ^fseize them;
And houses, so they take them.
They ^{▼▼Or oppress
,} ^hexploit a man and his house,
A person and his inheritance.
3 Therefore this is what the Lord says:

“Behold, I am ⁱplanning against this ^jfamily a catastrophe
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}song of mocking
And ^{▼▼Lit lament
,} ^qutter a song of mourning and say,
‘We are completely ^rdestroyed!
He exchanges the share 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
,} ^uapplying a measuring line
For you by lot in the assembly of the Lord.

6 ‘ ^vDo not prophesy,’ so they prophesy.
But if ^{▼▼I.e., God’s prophets}they do ^xnot prophesy about these things,
^yInsults will not be turned back.
7 “Is it being said, house of Jacob:
‘Is the Spirit of the Lord ^zimpatient?
Are these His works?’
Do My words not ^aado good
For the one ^abwalking rightly?
8 “ ^{▼▼Lit And yesterday}Recently My people have arisen as an ^adenemy--
You ^aestrip the robe off the garment
From ^afunsuspecting passers-by,
From those returned from war.
9 “You ^agevict the women of My people,
Each one from her pleasant house.
From her children you take My ^ahsplendor forever.
10 “Arise and go,
For this is no place ^aiof rest
Because of the ^ajuncleanness that brings on destruction,
A painful destruction.
11 “If someone walking after wind and ^akfalsehood
Had lied and said,
‘I will prophesy to you about ^alwine and liquor,’
He would become a prophet to ^amthis people.

12 “I will certainly ^anassemble all of you, Jacob,
I will certainly gather the ^aoremnant 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 people.
13 “The one who breaks through goes up before them;
They break through, pass through the gate, and go out by it.
So their king passes on before them,
And the Lord at their head.”