Micah 2:4
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In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! turning away he hath divided our fields.In that day they will take up a proverb against you and taunt you with this bitter lamentation: ‘We are utterly ruined! He has changed the portion of my people. How He has removed it from me! He has allotted our fields to traitors.’”
In other translations
In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! turning away he hath divided our fields.In that day they will take up a proverb against you and taunt you with this bitter lamentation: ‘We are utterly ruined! He has changed the portion of my people. How He has removed it from me! He has allotted our fields to traitors.’”
Hebrew words
בַּיּוֹםbaiyomon the dayH3117הַהוּאhahu'<the> thatH1931יִשָּׂאyisa'someone will lift upH5375עֲלֵיכֶם'aleikhemon youH5921מָשָׁלmashala sayingH4912וְנָהָהvenahahand he will wailH5091נְהִיnehia wailingH5092נִהְיָהnihyahit is finishedH1961אָמַר'amarhe will sayH559שָׁדוֹדshadodutterly <devastate>H7703נְשַׁדֻּנוּneshadunuwe are devastatedH7703חֵלֶקchelek[the] portion ofH2506עַמִּי'amipeople myH5971יָמִירyamirhe exchangesH4171אֵיךְ'eikhhow!H349יָמִישׁyamishhe removes [it]H4185לִיlifor meלְשׁוֹבֵבleshovevto an apostateH7728שָׂדֵינוּsadeinufields ourH7704יְחַלֵּק׃yechalekhe apportionsH2505
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- Deuteronomy 28:29And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.and at noon you will grope about like a blind man in the darkness. You will not prosper in your ways. Day after day you will be oppressed and plundered, with no one to save you.
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