Micah

Woe to Oppressors

1Woe to those who devise iniquityand plot evil on their beds!At morning’s light they accomplish itbecause the power is in their hands.

2They covet fields and seize them;they take away houses.They deprive a man of his home,a fellow man of his inheritance.

3Therefore this is what the LORD says: “I am planning against this nation a disasterfrom which you cannot free your necks.Then you will not walk so proudly,for it will be a time of calamity.

4In that day they will take up a proverb against youand taunt you with this bitter lamentation:‘We are utterly ruined!He has changed the portion of my people.How He has removed it from me!He has allotted our fields to traitors.’”

5Therefore, you will have no one in the assembly of the LORDto divide the land by lot.

Reproof of False Prophets

6“Do not preach,” they preach.“Do not preach these things; disgrace will not overtake us.”

7Should it be said, O house of Jacob,“Is the Spirit of the LORD impatient? Are these the things He does?” Do not My words bring goodto him who walks uprightly?

8But of late My people have risen uplike an enemy:You strip off the splendid robefrom unsuspecting passersby like men returning from battle.

9You drive the women of My peoplefrom their pleasant homes.You take away My blessingfrom their children forever.

10Arise and depart,for this is not your place of rest,because its defilement brings destruction—a grievous destruction!

11If a man of wind were to comeand say falsely,“I will preach to you of wine and strong drink,”he would be just the preacher for this people!

The Remnant of Israel

12I will surely gather all of you, O Jacob;I will collect the remnant of Israel.I will bring them together like sheep in a pen,like a flock in the midst of its pasture— a noisy throng.

13One who breaks open the waywill go up before them;they will break through the gate,and go out by it.Their King will pass through before them,the LORD as their leader.

欺壓者的命運

1禍哉，那些在床上圖謀罪孽、造作奸惡的！ 天一發亮，因手有能力就行出來了。

2他們貪圖田地就佔據， 貪圖房屋便奪取； 他們欺壓人，霸佔房屋和產業。

3所以耶和華如此說： 我籌劃災禍降與這族； 這禍在你們的頸項上不能解脫； 你們也不能昂首而行， 因為這時勢是惡的。

4到那日，必有人向你們提起悲慘的哀歌， 譏刺說：我們全然敗落了！ 耶和華將我們的分轉歸別人， 何竟使這分離開我們？ 他將我們的田地分給悖逆的人。

5所以在耶和華的會中， 你必沒有人拈鬮拉準繩。

6他們說：你們不可說預言； 不可向這些人說預言， 不住地羞辱我們。

7雅各家啊，豈可說耶和華的心不忍耐嗎？ 這些事是他所行的嗎？ 我－耶和華的言語豈不是與行動正直的人有益嗎？

8然而，近來我的民興起如仇敵， 從那些安然經過不願打仗之人身上剝去外衣。

9你們將我民中的婦人從安樂家中趕出， 又將我的榮耀從她們的小孩子盡行奪去。

10你們起來去吧！ 這不是你們安息之所； 因為污穢使人毀滅， 而且大大毀滅。

11若有人心存虛假，用謊言說： 我要向你們預言得清酒和濃酒。 那人就必作這民的先知。

12雅各家啊，我必要聚集你們， 必要招聚以色列剩下的人， 安置在一處，如波斯拉的羊， 又如草場上的羊群； 因為人數眾多就必大大喧嘩。

13開路的在他們前面上去； 他們直闖過城門，從城門出去。 他們的王在前面行； 耶和華引導他們。