In that day one shall take up a proverb against you,
And (A)lament with a bitter lamentation, saying:
‘We are utterly destroyed!
He has changed the [a]heritage of my people;
How He has removed it from me!
To [b]a turncoat He has divided our fields.’ ”

Therefore you will have no [c]one to determine boundaries by lot
In the assembly of the Lord.

Lying Prophets

“Do not prattle,” you say to those who [d]prophesy.
So they shall not prophesy [e]to you;
[f]They shall not return insult for insult.

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 2:4 Lit. portion
  2. Micah 2:4 Lit. one turning back, an apostate
  3. Micah 2:5 Lit. one casting a surveyor’s line
  4. Micah 2:6 Or preach, lit. drip words
  5. Micah 2:6 Lit. to these
  6. Micah 2:6 Vg. He shall not take shame

In that day people will ridicule you;
    they will taunt you with this mournful song:
‘We are utterly ruined;(A)
    my people’s possession is divided up.(B)
He takes it from me!
    He assigns our fields to traitors.’”

Therefore you will have no one in the assembly of the Lord
    to divide the land(C) by lot.(D)

False Prophets

“Do not prophesy,” their prophets say.
    “Do not prophesy about these things;
    disgrace(E) will not overtake us.(F)

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