Micah 2:11

⁹ You drive the women of My people from their pleasant homes. You take away My blessing from their children forever.

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

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

¹² I 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.

¹³ One who breaks open the way will 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.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: If a man of wind were to come and say falsely, “I will preach to you of wine and strong drink,” he would be just the preacher for this people!
KJV: If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.
WEB: If a man walking in a spirit of falsehood lies, saying, “I will prophesy to you of wine and of strong drink,” he would be the prophet of this people.
ASV: If a man walking in a spirit of falsehood do lie, [saying], I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.
DARBY: If a man walking in wind and falsehood do lie, [saying,] I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink, he shall be the prophet of this people.
BLB: If a man should go about in the wind and falsely utter lies: “I will preach to you of wine and strong drink,” then he would be the prophet for this people!

ÅB: Om noen gikk omkring med tomme ord og løgn og sa:
«Jeg vil preke for deg om vin og sterk drikk» —
han skulle være forkynner for dette folket.
OTB: Hvis noen som følger vinden, skulle lyve og si,
“Jeg vil profetere til dere om vin og sterk drikk,”
Han ville bli en profet for dette folket.
B1930: Om nogen kom med munnsvær og svik og løi og sa: Jeg vil preke for dig om vin og om sterk drikk - han skulde være en predikant for dette folk.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Jeremiah 5:31
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?
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2 Corinthians 11:13–15
For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.
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Isaiah 30:10–11
They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions.
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Jeremiah 23:17
They keep saying to those who despise Me, ‘The LORD says that you will have peace,’ and to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart, ‘No harm will come to you.’
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Jeremiah 28:15
Then the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah, “Listen, Hananiah! The LORD did not send you, but you have persuaded this people to trust in a lie.
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1 Kings 22:6
So the king of Israel assembled the prophets, about four hundred men, and asked them, “Should I go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should I refrain?” “Go up,” they replied, “and the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king.”
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2 Chronicles 18:19–22
And the LORD said, ‘Who will entice Ahab king of Israel to march up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one suggested this, and another that.
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Jeremiah 23:14
And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns his back on wickedness. They are all like Sodom to Me; the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.”
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