Micah 2:4-6

New Catholic Bible

⁴ On that day they will ridicule you,
    and your mournful dirge will be heard:
“We are utterly ruined;
    our land has been appropriated by our captors.
Our fields have been awarded to renegades,
    and no one can retrieve them.”
⁵ Therefore, you will have no one
    to divide the land by lot
    in the assembly of the Lord.

⁶ “Do not preach,” they advise;
    “one should not expound on such matters;
    disgrace will not overtake us.”