{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/drb/micah/2","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T02:36:09.470Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","book":"Micah","bookSlug":"micah","chapter":2,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":1,"nextChapter":3,"totalChapters":7,"totalVerses":13},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Woe to you that devise that which is unprofitable, and work evil in your beds: in the morning light they execute it, because their hand is against God. "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"And they have coveted fields, and taken them by violence, and houses they have forcibly taken away: and oppressed a man and his house, a man and his inheritance. "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Therefore thus saith the Lord : Behold, I devise an evil against this family: from which you shall not withdraw your necks, and you shall not walk haughtily, for this is a very evil time. "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"In that day a parable shall be taken up upon you, and a song shall be sung with melody by them that say: We are laid waste and spoiled: the portion of my people is changed: how shall he depart from me, whereas he is returning that will divide our land? "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast the cord of a lot in the assembly of the Lord. "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Speak ye not, saying: It shall not drop upon these, confusion shall not take them. "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"The house of Jacob saith: Is the spirit of the Lord straitened, or are these his thoughts? Are not my words good to him that walketh uprightly? "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"But my people, on the contrary, are risen up as an enemy: you have taken away the cloak off from the coat: and them that passed harmless you have turned to war. "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"You have cast out the women of my people from their houses, in which they took delight: you have taken my praise for ever from their children. "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Arise ye, and depart, for there is no rest here for you. For that uncleanness of the land, it shall be corrupted with a grievous corruption. "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Would God I were not a man that hath the spirit, and that I rather spoke a lie: I will let drop to thee of wine, and of drunkenness: and it shall be this people upon whom it shall drop. "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"I will assemble and gather together all of thee, O Jacob: I will bring together the remnant of Israel, I will put them together as a flock in the fold, as the sheep in the midst of the sheepcotes, they shall make a tumult by reason of the multitude of men. "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"For he shall go up that shall open the way before them: they shall divide, and pass through the gate, and shall come in by it: and their king shall pass before them, and the Lord at the head of them. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Micah 2 (DRB)","markdown":"[Micah 2](https://primebible.com/drb/micah/2)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/micah/2 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}