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Micah 2:6

But you preach at me, saying, “Don't preach such things. Don't prophesy like this. Such a humiliation won't happen to us!”

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In The King James Version

Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame.

In Context

5Consequently at that time there will be none of you in the assembly of the Lord responsible for the division of the land.

7Should you talk like that, descendants of Jacob? You ask, “Can the Lord run out of patience? Is this what he does?” Are not my words good to those who do what is right? asks the Lord.

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Cross References

Isaiah 30:10They tell people who see visions, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Don't give us prophecies about doing right—just tell us pleasant things and give us fake prophecies.

Jeremiah 8:11They give my wounded people first aid, but they don't really care about them. They tell them, “Don't worry! We have peace!” even as war approaches.

Jeremiah 26:20At around that time there was another man prophesying in the name of the Lord, Uriah, son of Shemaiah, from Kiriath-jearim. He prophesied against Jerusalem and against the country just as Jeremiah did.

Ezekiel 20:46“Son of man, face towards the south and preach against it. Prophesy against the forest of the Negev.

Amos 2:12But you made the Nazirites sin by drinking wine, and you told the prophets, “Don't tell us what God says.”

Amos 8:11The time is coming, declares the Lord, when I will send a famine on the land—not a famine of bread, or a lack of water, but a famine of 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 →

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