Micah 2:6
Prophesy ye not, thus they prophesy. They shall not prophesy to these: reproaches shall not depart.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
5Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast the line by lot in the congregation of the LORD.
Cross References
Isaiah 30:10which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:
Jeremiah 8:11And they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people lightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
Jeremiah 26:20And there was also a man that 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 20:46Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the field in the South;
Amos 2:12But ye gave the Nazirites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.
Amos 8:11Behold, the days come, saith 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 →