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MIC 2:1
Micah 2:1
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Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil
upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in
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MIC 2:2
Micah 2:2
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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. |
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MIC 2:3
Micah 2:3
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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. |
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MIC 2:4
Micah 2:4
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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. |
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MIC 2:5
Micah 2:5
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Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast
a cord by lot in the congregation of the LORD. |
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MIC 2:6
Micah 2:6
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Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy:
they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame. |
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MIC 2:7
Micah 2:7
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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? |
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MIC 2:8
Micah 2:8
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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. |
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MIC 2:9
Micah 2:9
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The women of my people have ye cast out from
their pleasant houses; from their children have ye taken away my glory for ever. |
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MIC 2:10
Micah 2:10
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Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest:
because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction. |
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MIC 2:11
Micah 2:11
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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. |
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MIC 2:12
Micah 2:12
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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. |
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MIC 2:13
Micah 2:13
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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. |
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