Micah 2

Woe to those who devise iniquity

And work evil on their beds!

When the morning is light, they practice it,

Because it is in the power of their hand.

²They covet fields, and seize them;

And houses, and take them away:

And they oppress a man and his house,

Even a man and his heritage.

³Therefore thus says Allah:

"Behold, I am planning against these people a disaster,

From which you will not remove your necks,

Neither will you walk haughtily;

For it is an evil time.

⁴In that day they will take up a parable against you,

And lament with a doleful lamentation, saying,

'We are utterly ruined!

My people's possession is divided up.

Indeed he takes it from me and assigns our fields to traitors!'"

⁵Therefore you will have no one who divides the land by lot in the assembly of Allah.

⁶"Do not prophesy!"

They prophesy.

"Do not prophesy about these things.

Disgrace will not overtake us."

⁷Shall it be said, O house of Yaqub:

"Is the Spirit of Allah angry?

Are these his doings?

Do not my words do good to him who walks blamelessly?"

⁸But lately my people have risen up as an enemy.

You strip the robe and clothing from those who pass by without a care, returning from battle.

⁹You drive the women of my people out from their pleasant houses;

From their young children you take away my blessing forever.

¹⁰Arise, and depart!

For this is not your resting place,

Because of uncleanness that destroys,

Even with a grievous destruction.

¹¹If a man walking in a spirit of falsehood lies:

'I will prophesy to you of wine and of strong drink;'

He would be the prophet of this people.

¹²I will surely assemble, Yaqub, all of you;

I will surely gather the remnant of Israel;

I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah,

As a flock in the midst of their pasture;

They will swarm with people.

¹³He who breaks open the way goes up before them.

They break through the gate, and go out.

And their king passes on before them,

With Allah at their head."