{"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/erv/micah/2","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-09T22:03:09.565Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","book":"Micah","bookSlug":"micah","chapter":2,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":1,"nextChapter":3,"totalChapters":7,"totalVerses":13},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Woe to them that devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"And they covet fields, and seize them; and houses, and take them away: and they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Therefore thus saith the LORD: Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks, neither shall ye walk haughtily; for it is an evil time."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"In that day shall they take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he changeth the portion of my people: how doth he remove it from me! to the rebellious he divideth our fields."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast the line by lot in the congregation of the LORD."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Prophesy ye not, thus they prophesy. They shall not prophesy to these: reproaches shall not depart."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Shall it be said, O house of Jacob, Is the spirit of the LORD straitened? are these his doings? Do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"But of late my people is risen up as an enemy: ye strip the robe from off the garment from them that pass by securely as men averse from war."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"The women of my people ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their young children ye take away my glory for ever."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest: because of uncleanness that destroyeth, even with a grievous destruction."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"If a man walking in wind and falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah: as a flock in the midst of their pasture, they shall make great noise by reason of the multitude of men."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"The breaker is gone up before them: they have broken forth and passed on to the gate, and are gone out thereat: and their king is passed on before them, and the LORD at the head of them."}],"citation":{"inline":"Micah 2 (ERV)","markdown":"[Micah 2](https://primebible.com/erv/micah/2)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/micah/2 (accessed 2026-06-09)."}}