Micah 2:6
“Do not prophesy,” 1 they say. 1 “They must not prophesy these things; 1 reproaches must not come.” 1
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Isaiah 30:10They say to the seers, “Do not see;” 1 and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy the truth to us; 1 speak flattering words to us, prophesy illusions.
Jeremiah 8:11They healed the wounds of my people lightly, 1 saying, “Peace, Peace,” when there was no peace. 1
Jeremiah 26:20Meanwhile there was another man who prophesied in the name of Yahweh—Uriah son of Shemaiah from Kiriath Jearim—he also prophesied against this city and this land, agreeing with all of Jeremiah's words.
Ezekiel 20:46“Son of man, set your face toward the southern lands, and speak against the south; prophesy against the forest of the Negev.
Amos 2:12But you persuaded the Nazirites to drink wine 1 and commanded the prophets not to prophesy. 1
Amos 8:11Look, the days are coming 1 —this is the declaration of the Lord Yahweh— 1 when I will send a famine in the land, 1 not a famine for bread, 1 nor of thirst for water, 1 but for hearing the words of Yahweh. 1
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 →