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Micah 2

Woe to Oppressors

1

Woe to those who  ascheme iniquity, Who work out evil on their beds!  1 bWhen morning comes, they do it, For it is in the  cpower of their hands.

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They  acovet fields and then  bseize them, And houses, and take them away. They  1 crob a man and his house, A man and his inheritance.

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Therefore thus says the LORD, "Behold, I am  aplanning against this  bfamily a calamity From which you  ccannot remove your necks; And you will not walk  dhaughtily, For it will be an  eevil time.

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"On that day they will  atake up against you a  1taunt And  2 butter a bitter lamentation and say, `We are completely  cdestroyed! He exchanges the portion of my people; How He removes it from me! To the apostate He  dapportions our fields.'

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"Therefore you will have no one  1 astretching a measuring line For you by lot in the assembly of the LORD.

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aDo not  1speak out,' so they  1speak out. But if  2they do  bnot  1speak out concerning these things,  cReproaches will not be turned back.

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"Is it being said, O house of Jacob: `Is the Spirit of the LORD  aimpatient? Are these His doings?' Do not My words  bdo good To the one  cwalking uprightly?

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1Recently My people have arisen as an  aenemy-- You  bstrip the  2robe off the garment From  cunsuspecting passers-by, From those returned from war.

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"The women of My people you  aevict, Each one from her pleasant house. From her children you take My  bsplendor forever.

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"Arise and go, For this is no place  aof rest Because of the  buncleanness that brings on destruction, A painful destruction.

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"If a man walking after wind and  afalsehood Had told lies and said, `I will  1speak out to you concerning  bwine and liquor,' He would be  2spokesman to  cthis people.

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"I will surely  aassemble all of you, Jacob, I will surely gather the  bremnant 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.

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"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."



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