{"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/kjv/micah/2","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-26T22:28:13.166Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","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 take <i>them</i> by violence; and houses, and take <i>them</i> away: so 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 go haughtily: for this time <i>is</i> evil."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"In that day shall <i>one</i> take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, <i>and</i> say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed <i>it</i> from me! turning away he hath divided our fields."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord by lot in the congregation of the LORD."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Prophesy ye not, <i>say they to them that</i> prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, <i>that</i> they shall not take shame."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"O <i>thou that art</i> named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the LORD straitened? <i>are</i> these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Even of late my people is risen up as an enemy: ye pull off the robe with the garment from them that pass by securely as men averse from war."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"The women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their children have ye taken away my glory for ever."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Arise ye, and depart; for this <i>is</i> not <i>your</i> rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy <i>you</i>, even with a sore destruction."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, <i>saying</i>, 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 the flock in the midst of their fold: they shall make great noise by reason of <i>the multitude of</i> men."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"The breaker is come up before them: they have broken up, and have passed through the gate, and are gone out by it: and their king shall pass before them, and the LORD on the head of them."}],"citation":{"inline":"Micah 2 (KJV)","markdown":"[Micah 2](https://primebible.com/kjv/micah/2)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/micah/2 (accessed 2026-05-26)."}}