Have the workers of injustice (A)no knowledge,
Who eat up My people like they ate bread,
And have not called upon God?

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Do all these evildoers know nothing?

They devour my people as though eating bread;
    they never call on God.

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27 Her leaders within her are like wolves tearing the prey, by shedding blood and (A)destroying lives in order to make (B)dishonest profit.

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27 Her officials(A) within her are like wolves(B) tearing their prey; they shed blood and kill people(C) to make unjust gain.(D)

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[a]Recently My people have arisen as an (A)enemy—
You (B)strip the robe off the garment
From (C)unsuspecting passers-by,
From those returned from war.

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 2:8 Lit And yesterday

Lately my people have risen up
    like an enemy.
You strip off the rich robe
    from those who pass by without a care,
    like men returning from battle.

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The [a]godly person has (A)perished from the land,
And there is no upright person among mankind.
All of them lie in wait for (B)bloodshed;
Each of them hunts the other with a (C)net.
As for evil, both hands do it (D)well.
The leader asks for a (E)bribe, also the judge,
And the great one speaks the capricious desire of his soul;
So they plot it together.

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 7:2 Or faithful

The faithful have been swept from the land;(A)
    not one(B) upright person remains.
Everyone lies in wait(C) to shed blood;(D)
    they hunt each other(E) with nets.(F)
Both hands are skilled in doing evil;(G)
    the ruler demands gifts,
the judge accepts bribes,(H)
    the powerful dictate what they desire—
    they all conspire together.

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