Micah2Woe to Oppressors1 Woe to those who devise iniquityand plot* evil on their beds!At morning’s light they accomplish itbecause the power* is in their hands.2 They covet fields and seize them;they take away houses.They deprive a man of his home,a fellow man of his inheritance.3 Therefore this is what the LORD says:“I am planning against this nation a disasterfrom which you cannot free your necks.Then you will not walk so proudly,for it will be a time of calamity.4 In that day they will take up a proverb against youand taunt you with this bitter lamentation:‘We are utterly ruined!He has changed* the portion of my people.How He has removed it from me!He has allotted our fields to traitors.’”5 Therefore, you will have no one in the assembly* of the LORDto divide* the land by lot.Reproof of False Prophets(Ezekiel 13:1–16)6 “Do not preach,” they preach.“Do not preach these things;disgrace* will not overtake us.”7 Should it be said, O house of Jacob,“Is the Spirit of the LORD impatient?*Are these the things He does?”Do not My words bring goodto him who walks uprightly?8 But of late My people have risen uplike an enemy:You strip off the splendid robefrom unsuspecting* passersbylike men returning from battle.9 You drive the women of My peoplefrom their pleasant homes.You take away My blessingfrom their children forever.10 Arise and depart,for this is not your place of rest,because its defilement brings destruction—*a grievous destruction!11 If a man of wind were to comeand say falsely,“I will preach to you of wine* and strong drink,”he would be just the preacher for this people!The Remnant of Israel(Micah 5:7–15)12 I will surely gather all of you, O Jacob;I will collect the remnant of Israel.I will bring them together like sheep in a pen,like a flock in the midst of its pasture —a noisy throng.13 One who breaks open the waywill go up before them;they will break through the gate,and go out by it.Their King will pass through before them,the LORD as their leader.