Micah 2:6 KJV — MannaFest

Micah 2:6

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

KJV

Parallel translations

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ASV

Prophesy ye not, thusthey prophesy. They shall not prophesy to these: reproaches shall not depart.

WEB

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

YLT

Ye do not prophesy--they do prophesy, They do not prophesy to these, It doth not remove shame.

DBT

Prophesy ye not, they prophesy. If they do not prophesy to these, the ignominy will not depart.

About this book

Old Testament

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Micah — A prophet of rural Moresheth — contemporary of Isaiah — preaching judgment on Jerusalem and Samaria. Bethlehem named as Messiah's birthplace. And the Bible's clearest summary of what the LORD requires.

Author: Micah the Morasthite (1:1) — from Moresheth-Gath in the Judean lowlands
Date: c. 740–700 BC, during the reigns of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah

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Cross-references

29 verses on the floor

Amos 2:12
But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.
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:
Amos 7:16
Now therefore hear thou the word of the Lord: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the house of Isaac.
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.
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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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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English Version is supported by the parallelism: wherein the similarity of sound and word implies how exactly God makes their punishment answer to their sin, and takes them at their own word. "Prophesy," literally, "drop" (De 32:2;

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

H519718× in canon

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

MIC 2:6ISA 30:10 AMO 7:13
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
MIC 2:6ISA 30:10 JER 11:21
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
MIC 2:6ISA 30:10 ROM 16:18
MIC 2:6ISA 30:10 EZE 13:7-10
MIC 2:6ISA 30:10 AMO 2:12
MIC 2:6ACT 5:40 MAT 10:17
MIC 2:6EZE 3:26 EZE 24:27
MIC 2:6AMO 2:12 ISA 30:10

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