Micah

¹Those who devise sinful plans are as good as dead,those who dream about doing evil as they lie in bed.As soon as morning dawns they carry out their plans,because they have the power to do so. ²They confiscate the fields they desire,and seize the houses they want.They defraud people of their homes,and deprive people of the land they have inherited. ³Therefore the Lord says this: “Look, I am devising disaster for this nation!It will be like a yoke from which you cannot free your neck.You will no longer walk proudly, for it will be a time of catastrophe. ⁴In that day people will sing this taunt song to you – they will mock you with this lament:‘We are completely destroyed;they sell off the property of my people.How they remove it from me!They assign our fields to the conqueror.’ ⁵Therefore no one will assign you land in the Lord’s community. ⁶‘Don’t preach with such impassioned rhetoric,’ they say excitedly.‘These prophets should not preach of such things;we will not be overtaken by humiliation.’ ⁷Does the family of Jacob say,‘The Lord’s patience can’t be exhausted – he would never do such things’?To be sure, my commands bring a rewardfor those who obey them,