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Micah 2 (CEV)

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¹ Doomed! You're doomed! At night you lie in bed, making evil plans. And when morning comes, you do what you've planned because you have the power. ² You grab any field or house that you want; you cheat families out of homes and land. ³ But here is what the LORD says: "I am planning trouble for you. Your necks will be caught in a noose, and you will be disgraced in this time of disaster." ⁴ When that happens, this sorrowful song will be sung about you: "Ruined! Completely ruined! The LORD has taken our land and given it to traitors." ⁵ And so you will never again own property among the LORD's people. ⁶ "Enough of your preaching!" That's what you tell me. "We won't be disgraced, so stop preaching!" ⁷ Descendants of Jacob, is it right for you to claim that the LORD did what he did because he was angry? Doesn't he always bless those who do right? ⁸ My people, you have even stolen clothes right off the backs of your unsuspecting soldiers returning home from battle. ⁹ You take over lovely homes that belong to the women of my nation. Then you cheat their children out of the inheritance that comes from the LORD. ¹⁰ Get out of here, you crooks! You'll find no rest here. You're not fit to belong to the LORD's people, and you will be destroyed. ¹¹ The only prophet you want is a liar who will say, "Drink and get drunk!" ¹² I, the LORD, promise to bring together the people of Israel who have survived. I will gather them, just as a shepherd brings sheep together, and there will be many. ¹³ I will break down the gate and lead them out-- then I will be their king.