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 <div class="label">2</div><div class="s1">Oppressors Judged</div><div class="q1"> 1Woe to those who dream up&#160;wickedness</div><div class="q">and prepare evil plans&#160; # 2:1 Ps 36:4; Is 32:7; Nah 1:11 on&#160;their&#160;beds!</div><div class="q">At morning light&#160; # 2:1 Hs 7:6&#8211;7 they accomplish&#160;it</div><div class="q">because the power is in&#160;their&#160;hands.&#160; # 2:1 Gn 31:29; Dt 28:32; Pr 3:27</div><div class="q1"> 2They covet fields&#160; # 2:2 Jr 22:17; Am 8:4 and&#160;seize&#160;them;&#160; # 2:2 Is 5:8</div><div class="q">they also take&#160;houses.</div><div class="q">They deprive a&#160;man of&#160;his&#160;home,&#160; # 2:2 1Kg 21:1&#8211;15</div><div class="q">a person of&#160;his&#160;inheritance.&#160; # 2:2 Ex 20:17; Is 5:8</div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"> 3Therefore, the Lord says:</div><div class="q">I am now planning&#160; # 2:3 Dt 28:48; Jr 18:11 a&#160;disaster</div><div class="q">against this&#160;nation;&#160; # 2:3 Jr 8:3; Am 3:1&#8211;2</div><div class="q">you cannot free your&#160;necks from&#160;it.&#160; # 2:3 Lm 1:14; 5:5</div><div class="q">Then you will not walk so&#160;proudly&#160; # 2:3 Is 2:11&#8211;12</div><div class="q">because it will be an&#160;evil&#160;time.&#160; # 2:3 Am 5:13</div><div class="q1"> 4In that day one will&#160;take&#160;up&#160; # 2:4 Hab 2:6 a&#160;taunt against&#160;you</div><div class="q">and lament mournfully,&#160; # 2:4 Jr 9:10,17&#8211;21; Mc 1:8 &#160;saying,</div><div class="q">&#8220;We are totally&#160;ruined!&#160; # 2:4 Is 6:11; 24:3; Jr 4:13</div><div class="q">He measures out the&#160;allotted&#160;land of&#160;my&#160;people.</div><div class="q">How he removes it from&#160;me!</div><div class="q">He allots our fields&#160; # 2:4 Jr 6:12; 8:10 to&#160;traitors.&#8221;</div><div class="q1"> 5Therefore, there will be no&#160;one</div><div class="q">in the assembly of&#160;the&#160; Lord</div><div class="q">to divide the land by&#160;casting&#160;lots.&#160; # 2:5 Lit Lord stretching the measuring line by lot,# 2:5 Nm 34:13,16&#8211;29; Jos 18:4,10</div><div class="s1">God&#8217;s Word Rejected</div><div class="q1"> 6&#8220;Quit your preaching,&#8221;&#160; # 2:6 Is 30:10; Am 2:12; 7:16 they&#160; # 2:6 = the prophets &#160;preach.</div><div class="q">&#8220;They should not preach these&#160;things;&#160; # 2:6 Is 29:10; Mc 3:6</div><div class="q">shame will not overtake&#160;us.&#8221;&#160; # 2:6 Text emended; MT reads things. Shame will not depart,# 2:6 Mc 6:16</div><div class="q1"> 7House of Jacob, should&#160;it be&#160;asked,</div><div class="q">&#8220;Is the Spirit of&#160;the&#160; Lord &#160;impatient?&#160; # 2:7 Is 50:2; 59:1</div><div class="q">Are these the things he&#160;does?&#160;&#8221;</div><div class="q">Don&#8217;t my words bring&#160;good&#160; # 2:7 Ps 119:65,68,116; Jr 15:16</div><div class="q">to the one who walks&#160;uprightly?&#160; # 2:7 Ps 15:2; 84:11</div><div class="q1"> 8But recently my people have&#160;risen&#160;up</div><div class="q">like an&#160;enemy:&#160; # 2:8 Jr 12:8</div><div class="q">You strip off the&#160;splendid&#160;robe&#160; # 2:8 Mc 3:2&#8211;3; 7:2&#8211;3</div><div class="q">from those who are passing&#160;through&#160;confidently,&#160; # 2:8 Ps 120:6&#8211;7</div><div class="q">like those returning from&#160;war.</div><div class="q1"> 9You force&#160; # 2:9 Jr 10:20 the&#160;women of&#160;my&#160;people</div><div class="q">out of their comfortable&#160;homes,</div><div class="q">and you take my&#160;blessing&#160; # 2:9 Perhaps the land,# 2:9 Ezk 39:21; Hab 2:14</div><div class="q">from their children&#160;forever.</div><div class="q1"> 10Get up and&#160;leave,</div><div class="q">for this is not your&#160;place of&#160;rest&#160; # 2:10 Dt 3:19&#8211;20; 12:8&#8211;10</div><div class="q">because defilement&#160; # 2:10 Ps 106:38 brings&#160;destruction&#160;&#8212;</div><div class="q">a grievous destruction!&#160; # 2:10 Lv 18:25&#8211;28</div><div class="q1"> 11If a man&#160;comes</div><div class="q">and utters&#160;empty&#160;lies&#160; # 2:11 Jr 5:13,31 &#160;&#8212;</div><div class="q">&#8220;I will preach to you about&#160;wine and&#160;beer&#8221;&#160; # 2:11 Is 28:7 &#160;&#8212;</div><div class="q">he would be just the&#160;preacher for&#160;this&#160;people!&#160; # 2:11 Is 30:10&#8211;11</div><div class="s1">The Remnant Regathered</div><div class="q1"> 12I will indeed gather&#160; # 2:12 Mc 4:6&#8211;7 all of&#160;you,&#160;Jacob;</div><div class="q">I will collect the&#160;remnant of&#160;Israel.&#160; # 2:12 2Kg 19:31; Mc 5:7&#8211;8; 7:18</div><div class="q">I will bring them together like&#160;sheep in&#160;a&#160;pen,</div><div class="q">like a flock in&#160;the&#160;middle of&#160;its&#160;pasture.</div><div class="q">It will be noisy with&#160;people.&#160; # 2:12 Jr 23:3; Ezk 36:35&#8211;38</div><div class="q1"> 13One who breaks open the&#160;way</div><div class="q">will advance before&#160;them;</div><div class="q">they will break out, pass through&#160;the&#160;city gate,</div><div class="q">and leave by&#160;it.</div><div class="q">Their King will pass through before&#160;them,</div><div class="q">the Lord as&#160;their&#160;leader.</div>
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Woe to those who dream up wickedness
and prepare evil plans  on their beds!
At morning light  they accomplish it
because the power is in their hands. 
They covet fields  and seize them; 
they also take houses.
They deprive a man of his home, 
a person of his inheritance. 

Therefore, the LORD says:
I am now planning  a disaster
against this nation; 
you cannot free your necks from it. 
Then you will not walk so proudly 
because it will be an evil time. 
In that day one will take up  a taunt against you
and lament mournfully,   saying,
“We are totally ruined! 
He measures out the allotted land of my people.
How he removes it from me!
He allots our fields  to traitors.”
Therefore, there will be no one
in the assembly of the  LORD
to divide the land by casting lots.  ,

“Quit your preaching,”  they   preach.
“They should not preach these things; 
shame will not overtake us.”  ,
House of Jacob, should it be asked,
“Is the Spirit of the  LORD  impatient? 
Are these the things he does? ”
Don’t my words bring good 
to the one who walks uprightly? 
But recently my people have risen up
like an enemy: 
You strip off the splendid robe 
from those who are passing through confidently, 
like those returning from war.
You force  the women of my people
out of their comfortable homes,
and you take my blessing  ,
from their children forever.
Get up and leave,
for this is not your place of rest 
because defilement  brings destruction —
a grievous destruction! 
If a man comes
and utters empty lies   —
“I will preach to you about wine and beer”   —
he would be just the preacher for this people! 

I will indeed gather  all of you, Jacob;
I will collect the remnant of Israel. 
I will bring them together like sheep in a pen,
like a flock in the middle of its pasture.
It will be noisy with people. 
One who breaks open the way
will advance before them;
they will break out, pass through the city gate,
and leave by it.
Their King will pass through before them,
the LORD as their leader.

Dinleyin Micah 2