Micah 2:6 ““Do not preach,” they preach. “Do not preach these things; disgrace wi…”

Micah 2:6

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

“Don’t prophesy!”—they prophesy— “Don’t prophesy about these things. Disgrace won’t overtake us.”

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

They that prophecied, Prophecie ye not. They shall not prophecie to them, neither shall they take shame.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

Let not words like these be dropped, they say: Shame and the curse will not come to the family of Jacob!

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Cross references

“Prophesy ye, etc”

Amos 2:12 Isaiah 30:10 Acts 5:40 Jeremiah 26:20–23 Ezekiel 20:46 Ezekiel 21:2

Amos 2:12 · BSB

“But you made the Nazirites drink wine and commanded the prophets not to prophesy.

Isaiah 30:10 · BSB

They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions.

Acts 5:40 · BSB

At this, they yielded to Gamaliel. They called the apostles in and had them flogged. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and released them.

Jeremiah 26:20–23 · BSB

Now there was another man prophesying in the name of the LORD, Uriah son of Shemaiah from Kiriath-jearim. He prophesied against this city and against this land the same things that Jeremiah did.

Ezekiel 20:46 · BSB

“Son of man, set your face toward the south, preach against it, and prophesy against the forest of the Negev.

Ezekiel 21:2 · BSB

“Son of man, set your face against Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuaries. Prophesy against the land of Israel

“they shall not prophesy”

Ezekiel 3:26 Psalm 74:9 Amos 8:11–13

Ezekiel 3:26 · BSB

I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth, and you will be silent and unable to rebuke them, though they are a rebellious house.

Psalm 74:9 · BSB

There are no signs for us to see. There is no longer any prophet. And none of us knows how long this will last.

Amos 8:11–13 · BSB

Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord GOD, when I will send a famine on the land— not a famine of bread or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the LORD.

“that they”

Jeremiah 6:14 Jeremiah 6:15 Jeremiah 8:11 Jeremiah 8:12

Jeremiah 6:14 · BSB

They dress the wound of My people with very little care, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace at all.

Jeremiah 6:15 · BSB

Are they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they will collapse,” says the LORD.

Jeremiah 8:11 · BSB

They dress the wound of the daughter of My people with very little care, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace at all.

Jeremiah 8:12 · BSB

Also

Micah 6:16

Micah 6:16 · BSB

You have kept the statutes of Omri and all the practices of Ahab’s house; you have followed their counsel. Therefore I will make you a desolation, and your inhabitants an object of contempt; you will bear the scorn of th…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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

7Should it be said, O house of Jacob, “Is the Spirit of the LORD impatient? Are these the things He does?” Do not My words bring good to him who walks uprightly?

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