Micah 2:4

Good News Translation

When that time comes, people will use the story about you as an example of disaster, and they will sing this song of despair about your experience: We are completely ruined! The Lord has taken our land away And given it to those who took us captive.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:17

David sang this lament for Saul and his son Jonathan,

2 Chronicles 35:25

The prophet Jeremiah composed a lament for King Josiah. It has become a custom in Israel for the singers, both men and women, to use this song when they mourn for him. The song is found in the collection of laments.

Job 27:1

I swear by the living Almighty God, who refuses me justice and makes my life bitter—

Isaiah 14:4

When he does this, they are to mock the king of Babylon and say: “The cruel king has fallen! He will never oppress anyone again!

Isaiah 24:3

The earth will lie shattered and ruined. The Lord has spoken and it will be done.

Isaiah 6:11

I asked, “How long will it be like this, Lord?” He answered, “Until the cities are ruined and empty—until the houses are uninhabited—until the land itself is a desolate wasteland.

Jeremiah 14:18

When I go out in the fields, I see the bodies of men killed in war; when I go into the towns, I see people starving to death. Prophets and priests carry on their work, but they don't know what they are doing.”

Jeremiah 4:13

Look, the enemy is coming like clouds. Their war chariots are like a whirlwind, and their horses are faster than eagles. We are lost! We are doomed!

Jeremiah 6:12

Their houses will be given to others, and so will their fields and their wives. I am going to punish the people of this land.

Jeremiah 8:10

So I will give their fields to new owners and their wives to other men. Everyone, great and small, tries to make money dishonestly. Even prophets and priests cheat the people.

Jeremiah 9:10

I said, “I will mourn for the mountains and weep for the pastures, because they have dried up, and no one travels through them. The sound of livestock is no longer heard; birds and wild animals have fled and gone.”

Jeremiah 9:16

I will scatter them among nations that neither they nor their ancestors have heard about, and I will send armies against them until I have completely destroyed them.”

Ezekiel 16:44

The Lord said, “People will use this proverb about you, Jerusalem: ‘Like mother, like daughter.’

Ezekiel 2:10

The hand unrolled the scroll, and I saw that there was writing on both sides—cries of grief were written there, and wails and groans.

Joel 1:13

Put on sackcloth and weep, you priests who serve at the altar! Go into the Temple and mourn all night! There is no grain or wine to offer your God.

Joel 1:8

Cry, you people, like a young woman who mourns the death of the man she was going to marry.

Amos 5:1

Listen, people of Israel, to this funeral song which I sing over you:

Amos 5:17

There will be wailing in all the vineyards. All this will take place because I am coming to punish you.” The Lord has spoken.

Micah 1:15

People of Mareshah, the Lord will hand you over to an enemy, who is going to capture your town. The leaders of Israel will go and hide in the cave at Adullam.

Micah 1:8

Then Micah said, “Because of this I will mourn and lament. To show my sorrow, I will walk around barefoot and naked. I will howl like a jackal and wail like an ostrich.

Micah 2:10

Get up and go; there is no safety here any more. Your sins have doomed this place to destruction.

Habakkuk 2:6

The conquered people will taunt their conquerors and show their scorn for them. They will say, “You take what isn't yours, but you are doomed! How long will you go on getting rich by forcing your debtors to pay up?”

Zephaniah 1:2

The Lord said, “I am going to destroy everything on earth,

Numbers 23:18

and Balaam uttered this prophecy: “Come, Balak son of Zippor, And listen to what I have to say.

Numbers 23:7

Balaam uttered this prophecy: “Balak king of Moab has brought me From Syria, from the eastern mountains. ‘Come speak for me,’ he said. ‘Put a curse on the people of Israel.’

Numbers 24:15

Then he uttered this prophecy: “The message of Balaam son of Beor, The words of the man who can see clearly,

Numbers 24:3

and he uttered this prophecy: “The message of Balaam son of Beor, The words of the man who can see clearly,

Mark 12:12

The Jewish leaders tried to arrest Jesus, because they knew that he had told this parable against them. But they were afraid of the crowd, so they left him and went away.

Deuteronomy 28:29

You will grope about in broad daylight like someone blind, and you will not be able to find your way. You will not prosper in anything you do. You will be constantly oppressed and robbed, and there will be no one to help you.