Micah 2:6
Let not words like these be dropped, they say: Shame and the curse will not come to the family of Jacob!
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In Context
7Is the Lord quickly made angry? are these his doings? do not his words do good to his people Israel?
Cross References
Isaiah 30:10Who say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Do not give us word of what is true, but say false things to give us pleasure:
Jeremiah 8:11And they have made little of the wounds of the daughter of Zion, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
Jeremiah 26:20And there was another man who was a prophet of the Lord, Uriah, the son of Shemaiah of Kiriath-jearim; he said against this town and against this land all the words which Jeremiah had said:
Ezekiel 20:46Son of man, let your face be turned to the south, let your words be dropped to the south, and be a prophet against the woodland of the South;
Amos 2:12But to those who were separate you gave wine for drink; and to the prophets you said, Be prophets no longer.
Amos 8:11See, the days are coming, says the Lord God, when I will send times of great need on the land, not need of food or desire for water, but for hearing the words of the Lord.
Matthew Henry on Micah 2:2-6
The Sins of the People. ( b. c. 740.) 1 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. 2 And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage. 3 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 is… Read the whole commentary →