Micah 2:4

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Then people will sing songs about you. They will sing this sad song: ‘We are ruined! The Lord took away our land and gave it to other people. Yes, he took my land away from me. He has divided our fields among our enemies.

Cross References

Habakkuk 2:6

But soon enough, all those people will laugh at him and tell stories about his defeat. They will laugh and say, ‘It’s too bad that the man who took so many things will not get to keep them! He made himself rich by collecting debts.’

Micah 1:15

You people who live in Mareshah, I will bring someone against you who will take the things you own. The Glory of Israel will come into Adullam.

Jeremiah 9:10

I, Jeremiah, will cry for the mountains. I will sing a funeral song for the empty fields, because all the animals were taken away. No one travels there now. The sounds of cattle cannot be heard. The birds have flown away, and the animals are gone.

Isaiah 24:3

Everyone will be forced out of the land. All the wealth will be taken. This will happen because the Lord commanded it.

Isaiah 6:11

Then I asked, “Lord, how long should I do this?” He answered, “Do this until the cities are destroyed and all the people are gone. Do this until there is no one left living in the houses and the land is destroyed and empty.”

Deuteronomy 28:29

In daylight you will have to feel your way like a blind man. You will fail in everything you do. Again and again people will hurt you and steal from you. And there will be no one to save you.

Numbers 23:7

Then Balaam spoke, and this was his message: “Balak, the king of Moab, brought me here from the eastern mountains of Aram. Balak said to me, ‘Come, curse Jacob for me. Come, speak against the Israelites.’

Mark 12:12

When these Jewish leaders heard this story, they knew it was about them. They wanted to find a way to arrest Jesus, but they were afraid of what the crowd would do. So they left him and went away.

Zephaniah 1:2

The Lord says, “I will destroy everything on earth.

Micah 2:10

Get up and leave! This will not be your place of rest, because you ruined it. You made it unclean, so it will be destroyed! It will be a terrible destruction!

Amos 5:17

People will be crying in the vineyards, because I will pass through and punish you.” This is what the Lord said.

Amos 5:1

People of Israel, listen to this song. This funeral song is about you.

Joel 1:13

Priests, put on sackcloth and cry loudly. Servants of the altar, cry loudly. Servants of my God, you will sleep in sackcloth, because there will be no more grain and drink offerings in God’s Temple.

Joel 1:8

Cry like a young woman crying because the man she was ready to marry has died.

Ezekiel 16:44

“All the people who talk about you will now have one more thing to say. They will say, ‘Like mother, like daughter.’

Ezekiel 2:10

The hand unrolled the scroll open in front of me. Words were on the front and on the back of the scroll. There were all kinds of sad songs, sad stories, and warnings.

Jeremiah 14:18

If I go into the country, I see the bodies of those killed in war. If I go into the city, I see people sick from hunger. The priests and prophets continue their work, but they don’t understand what is happening.’”

Jeremiah 4:13

Look! The enemy rises up like a cloud. His chariots look like a windstorm. His horses are faster than eagles. It will be very bad for us! We are ruined!

Isaiah 14:4

At that time you will begin to sing this song about the king of Babylon: The king was cruel when he ruled us, but now his rule is finished.

Job 27:1

Job continued his answer:

2 Chronicles 35:25

Jeremiah wrote and sang some funeral songs for Josiah. And the men and women singers still sing these sad songs today. It became something the people of Israel always do—they sing a sad song for Josiah. These songs are written in the book, Funeral Songs.

2 Samuel 1:17

David sang a sad song about Saul and his son Jonathan.

Numbers 24:15

Then Balaam gave this message: “This message is from Balaam son of Beor. I am speaking about things I see clearly.

Numbers 24:3

and he gave this message: “This message is from Balaam son of Beor. I am speaking about things I see clearly.

Numbers 23:18

Then Balaam said this: “Stand up, Balak, and listen to me. Hear me, Balak son of Zippor.

Jeremiah 6:12

Their houses will be given to others. Their fields and their wives will be given to other people. I will raise my hand and punish the people of Judah.” This message is from the Lord.

Jeremiah 8:10

So I will give their wives to other men. I will give their fields to new owners. All the people of Israel want more and more money. All of them, from the least important to the most important, are like that. Even the prophets and priests tell lies.

Micah 1:8

I will be very sad about what will happen. I will go without sandals and clothes. I will cry like a dog. I will mourn like a bird.

Jeremiah 9:16

I will scatter the people of Judah throughout other nations. They will live in strange nations that they and their fathers never knew about. I will send men with swords. They will kill the people of Judah. They will kill them until all the people are gone.”