Micah 2:6-13

English Standard Version

^6 (A)“Do not preach”—thus they preach—
    ^(B)“one should not preach of such things;
    ^(C)disgrace will not overtake us.”
⁷ Should this be said, O house of Jacob?
    ^(D)Has the Lord grown impatient?^[a]
    Are these his deeds?
Do not my words do good
    to him who walks uprightly?
⁸ But lately ^(E)my people have risen up as an enemy;
you strip the rich robe from those who pass by trustingly
    with no thought of war.^[b]
9 The women of my people you drive out
    from their delightful houses;
from their young children you take away
    my splendor forever.
^10 (F)Arise and go,
    for this is no ^(G)place to rest,
because of ^(H)uncleanness that destroys
    with a grievous destruction.
¹¹ If a man should go about and ^(I)utter wind and lies,
    saying, “I will preach to you ^(J)of wine and strong drink,”
    he would be the preacher for this people!
¹² I will surely assemble all of you, O Jacob;
    ^(K)I will gather ^(L)the remnant of Israel;
I will set them together
    like sheep in a fold,
^(M)like a flock in its pasture,
    a noisy multitude of men.
^13 (N)He who opens the breach goes up before them;
    they break through and pass the gate,
    ^(O)going out by it.
Their king passes on before them,
    ^(P)the Lord at their head.