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Micah 2:3-8 New International Version (NIV)

3. Therefore, the Lord says: “I am planning disaster against this people, from which you cannot save yourselves. You will no longer walk proudly, for it will be a time of calamity.

4. In that day people will ridicule you; they will taunt you with this mournful song: ‘We are utterly ruined; my people’s possession is divided up. He takes it from me! He assigns our fields to traitors.’ ”

5. Therefore you will have no one in the assembly of the Lord to divide the land by lot.

6. “Do not prophesy,” their prophets say. “Do not prophesy about these things; disgrace will not overtake us.”

7. You descendants of Jacob, should it be said, “Does the Lord become impatient? Does he do such things?” “Do not my words do good to the one whose ways are upright?

8. Lately my people have risen up like an enemy. You strip off the rich robe from those who pass by without a care, like men returning from battle.