--- title: Micah 2 — the Tanakh in Hebrew, Aramaic and English, with trees description: Micah chapter 2 of the Tanakh (Nevi'im — the Prophets) in Hebrew, Aramaic (Targum Jonathan) and English (JPS 1917), every verse with its syntax tree and pragmatics. It begins: Woe to them that devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! When the morning is light, they execute it, because it is in --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC/2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Nevi'im](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/) / [Micah](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC/) / chapter 2 # Micah 2 13 verses, each with its tree and pragmatics: Hebrew, Aramaic (Targum Jonathan) and English (JPS 1917), the English sentence by sentence. - [2:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC.2.1/) — הוֹי חֹֽשְׁבֵי־אָוֶן וּפֹעֲלֵי רָע עַל־מִשְׁכְּבוֹתָם בְּאוֹר הַבֹּקֶר יַעֲשׂוּהָ כִּי יֶשׁ־לְאֵל יָדָֽם׃ — Woe to them that devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! When the morning is light, they execute it, because it is in the power of their hand. - [2:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC.2.2/) — וְחָמְדוּ שָׂדוֹת וְגָזָלוּ וּבָתִּים וְנָשָׂאוּ וְעָֽשְׁקוּ גֶּבֶר וּבֵיתוֹ וְאִישׁ וְנַחֲלָתֽוֹ׃פ — And they covet fields, and seize them; and houses, and take them away; thus they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage. - [2:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC.2.3/) — לָכֵן כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה הִנְנִי חֹשֵׁב עַל־הַמִּשְׁפָּחָה הַזֹּאת רָעָה אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־תָמִישׁוּ מִשָּׁם צַוְּארֹֽתֵיכֶם וְלֹא תֵֽלְכוּ רוֹמָה כִּי עֵת רָעָה הִֽיא׃ — 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 walk upright; for it shall be an evil time. - [2:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC.2.4/) — בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא יִשָּׂא עֲלֵיכֶם מָשָׁל וְנָהָה נְהִי נִֽהְיָה אָמַר שָׁדוֹד נְשַׁדֻּנוּ חֵלֶק עַמִּי יָמִיר אֵיךְ יָמִישׁ לִי לְשׁוֹבֵב שָׂדֵינוּ יְחַלֵּֽק׃ — In that day shall they take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say: 'We are utterly ruined; he changeth the portion of my people; how doth he remove it from me! Instead of restoring our fields, he divideth them.' - [2:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC.2.5/) — לָכֵן לֹֽא־יִֽהְיֶה לְךָ מַשְׁלִיךְ חֶבֶל בְּגוֹרָל בִּקְהַל יְהוָֽה׃ — Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast the line by lot in the congregation of the LORD. - [2:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC.2.6/) — אַל־תַּטִּפוּ יַטִּיפוּן לֹֽא־יַטִּפוּ לָאֵלֶּה לֹא יִסַּג כְּלִמּֽוֹת׃ — 'Preach ye not', they preach; 'They shall not preach of these things, that they shall not take shame.' - [2:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC.2.7/) — הֶאָמוּר בֵּֽית־יַעֲקֹב הֲקָצַר רוּחַ יְהוָה אִם־אֵלֶּה מַעֲלָלָיו הֲלוֹא דְבָרַי יֵיטִיבוּ עִם הַיָּשָׁר הוֹלֵֽךְ׃ — Do I change, O house of Jacob? Is the spirit of the LORD straitened? Are these His doings? Do not My words do good to him that walketh uprightly? - [2:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC.2.8/) — וְאֶתְמוּל עַמִּי לְאוֹיֵב יְקוֹמֵם מִמּוּל שַׂלְמָה אֶדֶר תַּפְשִׁטוּן מֵעֹבְרִים בֶּטַח שׁוּבֵי מִלְחָמָֽה׃ — But of late My people is risen up as an enemy; with the garment ye strip also the mantle from them that pass by securely, so that they are as men returning from war. - [2:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC.2.9/) — נְשֵׁי עַמִּי תְּגָרְשׁוּן מִבֵּית תַּֽעֲנֻגֶיהָ מֵעַל עֹֽלָלֶיהָ תִּקְחוּ הֲדָרִי לְעוֹלָֽם׃ — The women of My people ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their young children ye take away My glory for ever. - [2:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC.2.10/) — קוּמוּ וּלְכוּ כִּי לֹא־זֹאת הַמְּנוּחָה בַּעֲבוּר טָמְאָה תְּחַבֵּל וְחֶבֶל נִמְרָֽץ׃ — Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your resting-place; because of the uncleanness thereof, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction. - [2:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC.2.11/) — לוּ־אִישׁ הֹלֵךְ רוּחַ וָשֶׁקֶר כִּזֵּב אַטִּף לְךָ לַיַּיִן וְלַשֵּׁכָר וְהָיָה מַטִּיף הָעָם הַזֶּֽה׃ — If a man walking in wind and falsehood do lie: 'I will preach unto thee of wine and of strong drink'; he shall even be the preacher of this people. - [2:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC.2.12/) — אָסֹף אֶאֱסֹף יַעֲקֹב כֻּלָּךְ קַבֵּץ אֲקַבֵּץ שְׁאֵרִית יִשְׂרָאֵל יַחַד אֲשִׂימֶנּוּ כְּצֹאן בָּצְרָה כְּעֵדֶר בְּתוֹךְ הַדָּֽבְרוֹ תְּהִימֶנָה מֵאָדָֽם׃ — I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will render them all as sheep in a fold; as a flock in the midst of their pasture; they shall make great noise by reason of the multitude of men. - [2:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC.2.13/) — עָלָה הַפֹּרֵץ לִפְנֵיהֶם פָּֽרְצוּ וַֽיַּעֲבֹרוּ שַׁעַר וַיֵּצְאוּ בוֹ וַיַּעֲבֹר מַלְכָּם לִפְנֵיהֶם וַיהוָה בְּרֹאשָֽׁם׃פ — The breaker is gone up before them; they have broken forth and passed on, by the gate, and are gone out thereat; and their king is passed on before them, and the LORD at the head of them. - ← previous: [Micah 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC/1/) - next →: [Micah 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC/3/) - ↑ back to [Micah](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC/)