Micah 2 — English–Hebrew Parallel

1 Haway (Alas/Woe!) To those who chashab (devise) awan (iniquity) and pail (work) rai (evil) on their mashakab (beds)! When the baqar (morning) is awar (light), they practice it, because it is in the al (toward) of their yad (hand).

2 They chamad (covet) shadawath (fields), and seize them; and bathayam (houses), and nashaa (lift) them away: and they ishaq (oppress) a gabar (man) and his bayath (house), even a ayash (man / husband) and his nachalah (heritage).

3 Therefore thus amar (spoke) Yahawah (): “Behold, I am planning against these mashapachah (tribe / clan / family) a disaster, from which you will not mawash (remove) your tzawaar (necks), neither will you yalak (walk) rawamah (haughtily); for it is an rai (evil) ith (time).

4 In that yawam (day) they will nashaa (lift) up a mashal (parable) against you, and nahah (lament) with a nahayah (doleful) nahay (lamentation), amar (said), ‘We are shadad (utterly) ruined! My im (nation / people) chalaq (possession) is divided up. Indeed he mawash (takes) it from me and assigns our shadah (fields) to traitors!’”

5 Therefore you will have no shalak (one) who divides the chabal (land) by gawaral (lot) in the qahal (assembly) of Yahawah ().

6 “Don't natap (prophesy)!” They natap (prophesy). “Don't natap (prophesy) about these things. Disgrace won't overtake us.”

7 Shall it be amar (spoke), O bayath (house) of Yaiqab (Jacob): “Is the rawach (spirit / wind) of Yahawah () angry? Are these his mailal (doings)? Don't my dabar (word / matter) do yatab (good) to him who halak (move) blamelessly?”

8 But lately my im (nation / people) have qawam (rise up) up as an ayab (enemy). You pashat (strip) the adar (robe) and clothing from those who ibar (pass over/through) by without a batach (care), shawab (turn) from malachamah (battle).

9 You drive the nashay (women) of my im (nation / people) out from their thainawag (pleasant) bayath (house); from their young iwalal (children) you laqach (take / seize) away my hadar (glory / majesty / splendor) iwalam (eternity).

10 Qawam (rise up), and depart! For this is not your manawachah (resting) place, because of uncleanness that chabal (destroys), even with a maratz (grievous) chabal (destruction).

11 If a ayash (man / husband) halak (move) in a rawach (spirit / wind) of falsehood kazab (lies): “I will natap (prophesy) to you of yayan (wine) and of shakar (strong) drink;” he would be the natap (prophet) of this im (nation / people).

12 I will asap (surely) asap (assemble), Yaiqab (Jacob - Patriarch), all of you; I will qabatz (surely) qabatz (gather) the shaarayath (remnant) of Yashar-Al (Israel); I will shawam (place / establish / appoint) them yachad (together) as the tzaan (sheep) of batzarah (bozrah), as a idar (flock) in the thawak (midst) of their pasture; they will swarm with adam (people).

13 He who paratzaw (breaks) open the way ilah (go up / offer) up panayam (face) them. They paratz (break) ibar (pass over/through) the shair (gate), and yatzaa (go out / come out) out. And their malak (king) passes on panayam (face) them, with Yahawah () at their raash (head).