Micah 2:4

New Living Translation

In that day your enemies will make fun of you by singing this song of despair about you: “We are finished, completely ruined! God has confiscated our land, taking it from us. He has given our fields to those who betrayed us.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:17

Then David composed a funeral song for Saul and Jonathan,

2 Chronicles 35:25

The prophet Jeremiah composed funeral songs for Josiah, and to this day choirs still sing these sad songs about his death. These songs of sorrow have become a tradition and are recorded in The Book of Laments.

Job 27:1

Job continued speaking:

Isaiah 14:4

you will taunt the king of Babylon. You will say, “The mighty man has been destroyed. Yes, your insolence is ended.

Isaiah 24:3

The earth will be completely emptied and looted. The Lord has spoken!

Isaiah 6:11

Then I said, “Lord, how long will this go on?” And he replied, “Until their towns are empty, their houses are deserted, and the whole country is a wasteland;

Jeremiah 14:18

If I go out into the fields, I see the bodies of people slaughtered by the enemy. If I walk the city streets, I see people who have died of starvation. The prophets and priests continue with their work, but they don’t know what they’re doing.”

Jeremiah 4:13

Our enemy rushes down on us like storm clouds! His chariots are like whirlwinds. His horses are swifter than eagles. How terrible it will be, for we are doomed!

Jeremiah 6:12

Their homes will be turned over to their enemies, as will their fields and their wives. For I will raise my powerful fist against the people of this land,” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 8:10

I will give their wives to others and their farms to strangers. From the least to the greatest, their lives are ruled by greed. Yes, even my prophets and priests are like that. They are all frauds.

Jeremiah 9:10

I will weep for the mountains and wail for the wilderness pastures. For they are desolate and empty of life; the lowing of cattle is heard no more; the birds and wild animals have all fled.

Jeremiah 9:16

I will scatter them around the world, in places they and their ancestors never heard of, and even there I will chase them with the sword until I have destroyed them completely.”

Ezekiel 16:44

Everyone who makes up proverbs will say of you, ‘Like mother, like daughter.’

Ezekiel 2:10

which he unrolled. And I saw that both sides were covered with funeral songs, words of sorrow, and pronouncements of doom.

Joel 1:13

Dress yourselves in burlap and weep, you priests! Wail, you who serve before the altar! Come, spend the night in burlap, you ministers of my God. For there is no grain or wine to offer at the Temple of your God.

Joel 1:8

Weep like a bride dressed in black, mourning the death of her husband.

Amos 5:1

Listen, you people of Israel! Listen to this funeral song I am singing:

Amos 5:17

There will be wailing in every vineyard, for I will destroy them all,” says the Lord.

Micah 1:15

O people of Mareshah, I will bring a conqueror to capture your town. And the leaders of Israel will go to Adullam.

Micah 1:8

Therefore, I will mourn and lament. I will walk around barefoot and naked. I will howl like a jackal and moan like an owl.

Micah 2:10

Up! Begone! This is no longer your land and home, for you have filled it with sin and ruined it completely.

Habakkuk 2:6

“But soon their captives will taunt them. They will mock them, saying, ‘What sorrow awaits you thieves! Now you will get what you deserve! You’ve become rich by extortion, but how much longer can this go on?’

Zephaniah 1:2

“I will sweep away everything from the face of the earth,” says the Lord.

Numbers 23:18

This was the message Balaam delivered: “Rise up, Balak, and listen! Hear me, son of Zippor.

Numbers 23:7

This was the message Balaam delivered: “Balak summoned me to come from Aram; the king of Moab brought me from the eastern hills. ‘Come,’ he said, ‘curse Jacob for me! Come and announce Israel’s doom.’

Numbers 24:15

This is the message Balaam delivered: “This is the message of Balaam son of Beor, the message of the man whose eyes see clearly,

Numbers 24:3

and this is the message he delivered: “This is the message of Balaam son of Beor, the message of the man whose eyes see clearly,

Mark 12:12

The religious leaders wanted to arrest Jesus because they realized he was telling the story against them—they were the wicked farmers. But they were afraid of the crowd, so they left him and went away.

Deuteronomy 28:29

You will grope around in broad daylight like a blind person groping in the darkness, but you will not find your way. You will be oppressed and robbed continually, and no one will come to save you.