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Micah 2:6

Truth and honesty

4 In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! turning away he hath divided our fields.

5 Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord by lot in the congregation of the LORD.

Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame.

7 O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the LORD straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?

8 Even of late my people is risen up as an enemy: ye pull off the robe with the garment from them that pass by securely as men averse from war.

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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.

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BSB
“Do not preach,” they preach. “Do not preach these things; disgrace will not overtake us.”
KJV
Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame.
WEB
“Don’t prophesy!”—they prophesy— “Don’t prophesy about these things. Disgrace won’t overtake us.”
ASV
Prophesy ye not, [thus] they prophesy. They shall not prophesy to these: reproaches shall not depart.
DARBY
Prophesy ye not, they prophesy. If they do not prophesy to these, the ignominy will not depart.
BLB
“Do not preach,” they preach. “Do not preach to these things, disgrace will not overtake [us].”
ÅB
«Prek ikke!» preker de.
«Slikt skal de ikke preke om.
Skam rammer oss ikke.»
OTB
‘Ikke profeter,’ sier de.
Likevel, hvis de avstår fra å profetere om disse sakene,
Vil ikke deres skam bli vendt tilbake.”
B1930
Prek ikke! Så preker de. De må ikke preke om slikt, det blir ingen ende på skjellsord. / < de sanne profeter, sier de mektige undertrykkere, må ikke preke om ulykke; deres tale er bare en endeløs rekke av skjellsord.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Amos 2:12

    But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.

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  • Isaiah 30:10

    Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:

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  • Acts 5:40

    And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.

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  • Ezekiel 3:26

    And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: for they are a rebellious house.

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  • Psalms 74:9

    We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.

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  • Amos 8:11–13

    Behold, 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:

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  • Amos 7:13

    But prophesy not again any more at Beth-el: for it is the king’s chapel, and it is the king’s court.

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  • Jeremiah 26:8–9

    Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that the LORD had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people took him, saying, Thou shalt surely die.

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