Micah 2:3

New American Bible - revised edition

Therefore thus says the Lord: Look, I am planning against this family an evil from which you cannot free your necks; Nor shall you walk with head held high, for it will be an evil time.

Cross References

Isaiah 29:20

For the tyrant shall be no more, the scoffer shall cease to be; All who are ready for evil shall be cut off,

Isaiah 3:16

The Lord said: Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with necks outstretched, Ogling and mincing as they go, their anklets tinkling with every step,

Isaiah 5:19

Who say, “Let him make haste, let him speed his work, that we may see it; On with the plan of the Holy One of Israel! let it come to pass, that we may know it!”

Jeremiah 18:11

And now, tell this to the people of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: Thus says the Lord: Look, I am fashioning evil against you and making a plan. Return, all of you, from your evil way; reform your ways and your deeds.

Jeremiah 27:12

To Zedekiah, king of Judah, I spoke the same words: Bend your necks to the yoke of the king of Babylon; serve him and his people, so that you may live.

Jeremiah 34:17

Therefore, thus says the Lord: You for your part did not obey me by proclaiming freedom for your families and neighbors. So I now proclaim freedom for you—oracle of the Lord—for the sword, starvation, and disease. I will make you an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

Jeremiah 36:23

Each time Jehudi finished reading three or four columns, he would cut off the piece with a scribe’s knife and throw it into the fire in the brazier, until the entire scroll was consumed in the fire in the brazier.

Jeremiah 43:2

Azariah, son of Hoshaiah, Johanan, son of Kareah, and all the others had the insolence to say to Jeremiah: “You lie; the Lord, our God, did not send you to tell us, ‘Do not go to Egypt to live there.’

Jeremiah 8:3

Death will be preferred to life by all the survivors of this wicked people who remain in any of the places to which I banish them—oracle of the Lord of hosts.

Lamentations 1:14

The yoke of my rebellions is bound together, fastened by his hand. His yoke is upon my neck; he has made my strength fail. The Lord has delivered me into the grip of those I cannot resist.

Lamentations 2:17

The Lord has done what he planned. He has fulfilled the threat Decreed from days of old, destroying without pity! He let the enemy gloat over you and exalted the horn of your foes.

Lamentations 5:5

With a yoke on our necks, we are driven; we are worn out, but allowed no rest.

Amos 2:14

Flight shall elude the swift, and the strong shall not retain strength; The warrior shall not save his life,

Amos 3:1

Hear this word, Israelites, that the Lord speaks concerning you, concerning the whole family I brought up from the land of Egypt:

Amos 3:2

You alone I have known, among all the families of the earth; Therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.

Amos 5:13

(Therefore at this time the wise are struck dumb for it is an evil time.)

Micah 2:1

Ah! you plotters of iniquity, who work out evil on your beds! In the morning light you carry it out for it lies within your power.

Romans 16:4

who risked their necks for my life, to whom not only I am grateful but also all the churches of the Gentiles;

Ephesians 5:16

making the most of the opportunity, because the days are evil.

Deuteronomy 28:48

in hunger and thirst, in nakedness and utter want, you will serve the enemies whom the Lord will send against you. He will put an iron yoke on your neck, until he destroys you. Invasion and Siege.

James 2:13

For the judgment is merciless to one who has not shown mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment. Faith and Works.