Micah 2:11

If a man, walking after the wind and sheker, do lie, saying: 1 I will prophesy unto thee of yayin and of strong drink; 1 he shall even be the mattif (preacher) of Am HaZeh (this people). 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

If a man walking in the spirit 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.

In Context

10Arise ye, and depart; 1 for this is not the menuchah (the place of rest); 1 because of the tameah (defilement) that brings sore destruction. 1

12I will surely assemble, O Ya'akov, all of thee; 1 I will surely gather the She'erit Yisroel; 1 I will put them together like the tzon of the pen, 1 like the eder (flock) in the meadow; 1 they shall throng with people. 1

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Cross References

1 Kings 22:6Then the Melech Yisroel gathered the nevi'im together, about 400 men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramot-Gil'ad to battle, or shall I refrain? And they said, Go up; for Hashem shall deliver it into the hand of HaMelech.

2 Chronicles 18:19And Hashem said, Who shall entice Ach'av Melech Yisroel, that he may go up and fall at Ramot Gil'ad? And one spoke saying after this manner, and another saying after that manner.

Isaiah 30:10Which say to the seers, See not; 1 and to the prophets, 1 Prophesy not unto us nekhochot (right things), 1 speak unto us chalakot (smooth things), 1 prophesy machatallot (deceits, illusions); 1

Jeremiah 6:13For from the katan of them even unto the gadol of them, 1 every one is given to greediness for unjust gain; 1 and from the navi even unto the kohen, 1 every one doeth sheker (deceit, falsehood). 1

Jeremiah 14:14Then Hashem said unto me, The nevi'im prophesy sheker in My Shem; I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spoke unto them; they prophesy unto you a chazon sheker (false vision) and kesem (divination, pagan fortunetelling), and a worthless thing, and the delusion of their lev.

Jeremiah 23:17They say continually unto them that despise Me, 1 Hashem hath said, 1 Ye shall have shalom; and they say unto everyone that walketh after the sherirut (stubbornness) of his own lev, 1 No ra'ah shall come upon you. 1

Matthew Henry on Micah 2:7-12

Expostulation with the House of Jacob; The Sin and Punishment of Oppression. ( b. c. 740.) 6 Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame. 7 O thou that art named the 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? 8 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. 9 The… Read the whole commentary →

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