Micah 2:1

Land Robbers Will Lose their Land

2:1 Those who devise sinful plans are as good as dead, ¹ 

those who dream about doing evil as they lie in bed. ² 

As soon as morning dawns they carry out their plans, ³ 

because they have the power to do so.

Micah 2:3

2:3 Therefore the Lord says this: “Look, I am devising disaster for this nation! ⁴ 

It will be like a yoke from which you cannot free your neck. ⁵ 

You will no longer ⁶  walk proudly,

for it will be a time of catastrophe.

[2:1]  ¹ tn Heb “Woe to those who plan sin.” The Hebrew term הוֹי (hoy, “woe”; “ah”) was a cry used in mourning the dead.

[2:1]  ² tn Heb “those who do evil upon their beds.”

[2:1]  ³ tn Heb “at the light of morning they do it.”

[2:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “clan” or “extended family.”

[2:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “from which you will not remove your neck.” The words “It will be like a yoke” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[2:3]  ⁶ tn Or “you will not.”