Micah 4:12

Easy To Read Version

\{Those people have their plans.\}\par But they don’t know what the Lord\par is planning.\par The Lord brought those people here\par \{for a special purpose\}.\par Those people will be \{crushed\}\par like grain on a threshing floor. {\cf2\super [56]} \par

Cross References

Psalm 147:19

God gave his commands to Jacob (Israel).\par God gave his laws and rules to Israel.\par

Psalm 147:20

God did not do this for any other nation.\par God did not teach his laws to other people.\par Praise the Lord!\par \par \par

Isaiah 10:7

“But Assyria {\cf2\super [114]} does not understand that I will use him. Assyria does not think that he is a tool for me. Assyria only wants to destroy other people. Assyria only plans to destroy many nations.

Isaiah 21:10

\{Isaiah said,\} “My people, I have told you everything that I heard from the Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel. You will be crushed like grain on a threshing floor. {\cf2\super [207]} \par

Isaiah 29:7

Many, many nations fought against Ariel. {\cf2\super [267]} It has been like a terrible dream in the night. Armies have surrounded Ariel and punished her.

Isaiah 55:8

The Lord says,\par “Your thoughts are not like my thoughts.\par Your ways are not like my ways.\par

Jeremiah 29:11

I say this because I know the plans that I have for you.” This message is from the Lord. “I have good plans for you. I don’t plan to hurt you. I plan to give you hope and a good future.

Jeremiah 51:20

\{The Lord says,\}\par “\{Babylon,\} you are my club.\par I used you to smash nations.\par I used you to destroy kingdoms.\par

Jeremiah 51:33

The Lord All-Powerful,\par the God of the people of Israel, says:\par “Babylon is like a threshing floor. {\cf2\super [424]} \par At harvest time, people beat grain\par to separate the good parts from the chaff. {\cf2\super [425]} \par And the time to beat Babylon\par is coming soon.\par

Joel 3:2

I will also gather all the nations together. I will bring all these nations down into Jehoshaphat Valley. {\cf2\super [24]} There I will judge them. Those nations scattered my people, Israel. They forced them to live in other nations. So I will punish those nations. Those nations divided up my land.

Luke 3:17

He will come ready to clean the grain. {\cf2\super [56]} He will separate the good grain from the straw. He will put the good part of the grain into his barn. Then he will burn the part that is not good. He will burn it with a fire that cannot be stopped.”