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Micah 2:3

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

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ASV

Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks, neither shall ye walk haughtily; for it is an evil time.

KJV

Therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye go haughtily: for this time is evil.

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22 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
לָכֵ֗ןla.Khen<to> thereforeH3651 →
כֹּ֚הkohthusH3541 →
אָמַ֣ר'a.Marhe saysH559 →
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
הִנְנִ֥יhi.Nihere IH2005 →
חֹשֵׁ֛בcho.Shev[am] planningH2803 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
הַמִּשְׁפָּחָ֥הha.mish.pa.Chahthe clanH4940 →
הַזֹּ֖אתha.Zot<the> thisH2063 →
רָעָ֑הra.'AhcalamityH7451 →
אֲ֠שֶׁר'a.SherwhichH834 →
לֹֽא־lo'-notH3808 →
תָמִ֨ישׁוּta.Mi.shuyou will removeH4185 →
מִשָּׁ֜םmi.Shamfrom thereH8033 →
צַוְּארֹֽתֵיכֶ֗םtza.ve.ro.tei.Khemnecks yourH6677 →
וְלֹ֤אve.Lo'and notH3808 →
תֵֽלְכוּ֙te.le.Khuyou will walkH1980 →
רוֹמָ֔הro.MahhaughtilyH7317 →
כִּ֛יkiforH3588 →
עֵ֥ת'et[will be] a timeH6256 →
רָעָ֖הra.'AhevilH7451 →
הִֽיא׃Hi'itH1931 →

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Amos 5:13Therefore, the prudent keep silent in such times, for the days are evil.Isaiah 2:11–12The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.Jeremiah 8:3And wherever I have banished them, the remnant of this evil family will choose death over life,” declares the LORD of Hosts.Jeremiah 18:11Now therefore, tell the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ‘Behold, I am planning a disaster for you and devising a plan against you. Turn now, each of you, from your evil ways, and correct your ways and deeds.’Lamentations 2:17The LORD has done what He planned; He has accomplished His decree, which He ordained in days of old; He has overthrown you without pity. He has let the enemy gloat over you and exalted the horn of your foes.James 2:13For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.Amos 9:1–4I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said: “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Topple them on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the rest with the sword. None of those who flee will get away; none of the fugitives will escape.Lamentations 5:5We are closely pursued; we are weary and find no rest.Isaiah 28:14–18Therefore hear the word of the LORD, O scoffers who rule this people in Jerusalem.Lamentations 1:14My transgressions are bound into a yoke, knit together by His hand; they are draped over my neck, and the Lord has broken my strength. He has delivered me into the hands of those I cannot withstand.Micah 2:1Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.Isaiah 3:16The LORD also says: “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty—walking with heads held high and wanton eyes, prancing and skipping as they go, jingling the bracelets on their ankles—Zephaniah 1:17–18I will bring such distress on mankind that they will walk like the blind, because they have sinned against the LORD. Their blood will be poured out like dust and their flesh like dung.Jeremiah 13:15–17Listen and give heed. Do not be arrogant, for the LORD has spoken.Amos 2:14Escape will fail the swift, the strong will not prevail by his strength, and the mighty will not save his life.Daniel 5:20–23But when his heart became arrogant and his spirit was hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne, and his glory was taken from him.Jeremiah 34:17Therefore this is what the LORD says: You have not obeyed Me; you have not proclaimed freedom, each man for his brother and for his neighbor. So now I proclaim freedom for you, declares the LORD—freedom to fall by sword, by plague, and by famine! I will make you a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.Jeremiah 36:23And as soon as Jehudi had read three or four columns, Jehoiakim would cut them off with a scribe’s knife and throw them into the firepot, until the entire scroll had been consumed by the fire.

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About Micah

Micah Exhorts the Israelites to Repent — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Micah Exhorts the Israelites to Repent — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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