Micah 2:5-13

5 So then, when the time comes for the land to be given back to the Lord's people, there will be no share for any of you.
6 The people preach at me and say, "Don't preach at us. Don't preach about all that. God is not going to disgrace us.
7 Do you think the people of Israel are under a curse? [a] Has the Lord lost his patience? Would he really do such things? Doesn't he [b] speak kindly to those who do right?"
8 The Lord replies, "You attack my people like enemies. Men return from battle, thinking they are safe at home, but there you are, waiting to steal the coats off their backs.
9 You drive the women of my people out of the homes they love, and you have robbed their children of my blessings forever.
10 Get up and go; there is no safety here any more. Your sins have doomed this place to destruction.
11 "These people want the kind of prophet who goes around full of lies and deceit and says, "I prophesy that wine and liquor will flow for you.'
12 "But I will gather you together, all you people of Israel that are left. I will bring you together like sheep returning to the fold. Like a pasture full of sheep, your land will once again be filled with many people."
13 God will open the way for them and lead them out of exile. They will break out of the city gates and go free. Their king, the Lord himself, will lead them out.

Footnotes 3

  • [a]. [Probable text] under a curse; [Hebrew unclear.]
  • [b]. [One ancient translation] Doesn't he; [Hebrew] Don't I.
  • [c]. [Probable text] You attack my people; [Hebrew] Recently my people have attacked.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.