Micah 2:6-11

The people do not want to hear God's true message

6 The people answered me,

‘Do not prophesy such bad things against us!

Do not say that the Lord will cause trouble for us

and make us ashamed!’

7 You descendants of Jacob should not talk like that!

Do you think that the Lord will always be patient with you?

But people who do things that are right

will be happy when they hear my message.

8 The Lord says:

‘You have become like enemies among my people.

You take shirts from people who think they are safe.

You rob soldiers who are returning home from war.

9 You take for yourselves the beautiful homes of my people's women.

You cheat their children

and you take away the good things that I have given to them.

10 Get up and go away!

You can no longer live safely in this place.

You have caused it to become an unclean place

and that will completely destroy it.

11 A prophet might come to you

and deceive you with lies.

He might say to you,

“I bring you a message about wine and strong drink!”

That is the kind of prophet that would make you happy.