Micah Chapter Two

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

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 a man and his heritage.

3    Therefore thus saith the LORD;  Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove
    your necks;  neither shall ye go haughtily:  for this time is evil.

4    In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be
    utterly spoiled:  he hath changed the portion of my people:  how hath he removed it from me!  turning away
    he hath divided our fields.

5    Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord by lot in the congregation of the LORD.

6    Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy:  they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame.

7    O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the LORD straitened?  are these his doings?  do not my
    words do good to him that walketh uprightly?

8    Even of late my people is risen up as an enemy:  ye pull off the robe with the garment from them that pass by
    securely as men averse from war.

9    The women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant houses;  from their children have ye taken away my 
    glory for ever.

10    Arise ye, and depart;  for this is not your rest:  because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore
    destruction.

11    If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink;
    he shall even be the prophet of this people.


12    I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee;  I will surely gather the remnant of Israel;  I will put them together
    as the sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of their fold:  they shall make great noise by reason of the
    multitude of men.

13    The breaker is come up before them:  they have broken up, and have passed through the gate, and are gone
    out by it:  and their king shall pass before them, and the LORD on the head of them.

    Micah Chapter Two - KJV