“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 2:1-13 AV)