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Micah 2:6

"Do not prophesy!"They prophesy."Do not prophesy about these things.Disgrace won't overtake us."

New Heart English Bible

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

5Therefore you will have no one who divides the land by lot in the assembly of the Lord.

7Shall it be said, O house of Jacob:"Is the Spirit of the Lord angry?Are these his doings?Do not my words do good to him who walks blamelessly?"

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Cross References

Isaiah 30:10who tell the seers, "Do not see!" and to the prophets, "Do not prophesy to us right things. Tell us pleasant things. Prophesy deceits.

Jeremiah 8:11They have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, "Peace, peace;" when there is no peace.

Jeremiah 26:20"There was also a man who prophesied in the name of the Lord, Uriah the son of Shemaiah of Kiriath Jearim; and he prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah:

Ezekiel 20:46"Son of man, set your face toward the south, and drop your word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the field in the South;

Amos 2:12"But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink,and commanded the prophets, saying, 'Do not prophesy!'

Amos 8:11Behold, the days come," says the Lord God,"that I will send a famine in the land,not a famine of bread,nor a thirst for water,but 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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