KJV Micah Chapter 2
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.