Micah 2:2 Cross References - YLT

² And they have desired fields, And they have taken violently, And houses, and they have taken away, And have oppressed a man and his house, Even a man and his inheritance.

¹⁷ `Thou dost not desire the house of thy neighbour, thou dost not desire the wife of thy neighbour, or his man-servant, or his handmaid, or his ox, or his ass, or anything which is thy neighbour's.'

²¹ `And a sojourner thou dost not oppress, nor crush him, for sojourners ye have been in the land of Egypt. <sup>22</sup> `Any widow or orphan ye do not afflict; ²³ if thou dost really afflict him, surely if he at all cry unto Me, I certainly hear his cry; ²⁴ and Mine anger hath burned, and I have slain you by the sword, and your wives have been widows, and your sons orphans.

³ `Lo, here am I; testify against me, over-against Jehovah, and over-against His anointed; whose ox have I taken, and whose ass have I taken, and whom have I oppressed; whom have I bruised, and of whose hand have I taken a ransom, and hide mine eyes with it? —and I restore to you.' <sup>4</sup> And they say, `Thou hast not oppressed us, nor hast thou crushed us, nor hast thou taken from the hand of any one anything.'

² and Ahab speaketh unto Naboth, saying, `Give to me thy vineyard, and it is to me for a garden of green herbs, for it is near by my house, and I give to thee in its stead a better vineyard than it; if good in thine eyes, I give to thee silver—its price.' <sup>3</sup> And Naboth saith unto Ahab, `Far be it from me, by Jehovah, my giving the inheritance of my fathers to thee;' ⁴ and Ahab cometh in unto his house, sulky and wroth, because of the word that Naboth the Jezreelite hath spoken unto him when he saith, `I do not give to thee the inheritance of my fathers,' and he lieth down on his bed, and turneth round his face, and hath not eaten bread.
<sup>5</sup> And Jezebel his wife cometh in unto him, and speaketh unto him, `What is this? —thy spirit sulky, and thou art not eating bread!' ⁶ And he saith unto her, `Because I speak unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and say to him, Give to me thy vineyard for money, or if thou desire, I give to thee a vineyard in its stead; and he saith, I do not give to thee my vineyard.' <sup>7</sup> And Jezebel his wife saith unto him, `Thou now dost execute rule over Israel! rise, eat bread, and let thy heart be glad, —I do give to thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.' ⁸ And she writeth letters in the name of Ahab, and sealeth with his seal, and sendeth the letters unto the elders, and unto the freemen, who are in his city, those dwelling with Naboth, ⁹ and she writeth in the letters, saying, `Proclaim a fast, and cause Naboth to sit at the head of the people, <sup>10</sup> and cause two men—sons of worthlessness—to sit over-against him, and they testify of him, saying, Thou hast blessed God and Melech; and they have brought him out, and stoned him, and he dieth.' <sup>11</sup> And the men of his city, the elders and the freemen who are dwelling in his city, do as Jezebel hath sent unto them, as written in the letters that she sent unto them, <sup>12</sup> they have proclaimed a fast, and caused Naboth to sit at the head of the people, <sup>13</sup> and two men—sons of worthlessness—come in, and sit over-against him, and the men of worthlessness testify of him, even Naboth, before the people, saying, `Naboth blessed God and Melech;' and they take him out to the outside of the city, and stone him with stones, and he dieth; ¹⁴ and they send unto Jezebel, saying, `Naboth was stoned, and is dead.' <sup>15</sup> And it cometh to pass, at Jezebel's hearing that Naboth hath been stoned, and is dead, that Jezebel saith unto Ahab, `Rise, possess the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, that he refused to give to thee for money, for Naboth is not alive but dead.' ¹⁶ And it cometh to pass, at Ahab's hearing that Naboth is dead, that Ahab riseth to go down unto the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to possess it.
¹⁷ And the word of Jehovah is unto Elijah the Tishbite, saying, ¹⁸ `Rise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who is in Samaria, —lo, in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he hath gone down to possess it, ¹⁹ and thou hast spoken unto him, saying, Thus said Jehovah, Hast thou murdered, and also possessed? and thou hast spoken unto him, saying, Thus said Jehovah, In the place where the dogs licked the blood of Naboth, do the dogs lick thy blood, even thine.'

²⁶ Have I not the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons seen yesternight—the affirmation of Jehovah—yea, I have recompensed to thee in this portion—the affirmation of Jehovah; —and now, lift up, cast him into the portion, according to the word of Jehovah.'

¹ And there is a great cry of the people and their wives, concerning their brethren the Jews, ² yea, there are who are saying, `Our sons, and our daughters, we—are many, and we receive corn, and eat, and live.' <sup>3</sup> And there are who are saying, `Our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses, we are pledging, and we receive corn for the famine.' ⁴ And there are who are saying, `We have borrowed money for the tribute of the king, on our fields, and our vineyards; ⁵ and now, as the flesh of our brethren is our flesh, as their sons are our sons, and lo, we are subduing our sons and our daughters for servants, and there are of our daughters subdued, and our hand hath no might, and our fields and our vineyards are to others.'

² The borders they reach, A drove they have taken violently away, Yea, they do evil. ³ The ass of the fatherless they lead away, They take in pledge the ox of the widow, ⁴ They turn aside the needy from the way, Together have hid the poor of the earth. ⁵ Lo, wild asses in a wilderness, They have gone out about their work, Seeking early for prey, A mixture for himself—food for young ones. ⁶ In a field his provender they reap, And the vineyard of the wicked they glean. ⁷ The naked they cause to lodge Without clothing. And there is no covering in the cold. ⁸ From the inundation of hills they are wet, And without a refuge—have embraced a rock. ⁹ They take violently away From the breast the orphan, And on the poor they lay a pledge. ¹⁰ Naked, they have gone without clothing, And hungry—have taken away a sheaf. ¹¹ Between their walls they make oil, Wine-presses they have trodden, and thirst. ¹² Because of enmity men do groan, And the soul of pierced ones doth cry, And God doth not give praise.

³⁸ If against me my land doth cry out, And together its furrows weep,

⁸ Woe to those joining house to house, Field to field they bring near, till there is no place, And ye have been settled by yourselves In the midst of the land!

¹⁷ But thine eyes and thy heart are not, Except on thy dishonest gain, And on shedding of innocent blood, And on oppression, and on doing of violence.

¹² The afflicted and needy he hath oppressed, Plunder he hath taken violently away, A pledge he doth not return, And unto the idols he hath lifted up his eyes, Abomination he hath done!

¹² A bribe they have taken in thee to shed blood, Usury and increase thou hast taken, And cuttest off thy neighbour by oppression, And Me thou hast forgotten, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah!

⁴ Hear this, ye who are swallowing up the needy, To cause to cease the poor of the land,

⁹ Hear this, I pray you, heads of the house of Jacob, And ye judges of the house of Israel, Who are making judgment abominable, And all uprightness do pervert.

⁵ And also, because the wine is treacherous, A man is haughty, and remaineth not at home, Who hath enlarged as sheol his soul, And is as death that is not satisfied, And doth gather unto itself all the nations, And doth assemble unto itself all the peoples, ⁶ Do not these—all of them—against him a simile taken up, And a moral of acute sayings for him, And say, Woe to him who is multiplying what is not his? Till when also is he multiplying to himself heavy pledges? ⁷ Do not thy usurers instantly rise up, And those shaking thee awake up, And thou hast been for a spoil to them? ⁸ Because thou hast spoiled many nations, Spoil thee do all the remnant of the peoples, Because of man's blood, and of violence to the land, To the city, and to all dwelling in it. ⁹ Woe to him who is gaining evil gain for his house, To set on high his nest, To be delivered from the hand of evil,

⁵ And I have drawn near to you for judgment, And I have been a witness, Making haste against sorcerers, And against adulterers, And against swearers to a falsehood, And against oppressors of the hire of an hireling, Of a widow, and of a fatherless one, And those turning aside a sojourner, And who fear Me not, said Jehovah of Hosts.

¹³ `Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye shut up the reign of the heavens before men, for ye do not go in, nor those going in do ye suffer to enter.

¹⁰ for a root of all the evils is the love of money, which certain longing for did go astray from the faith, and themselves did pierce through with many sorrows;