In that day shall a parable be taken up against you, and a plaintive lamentation shall be uttered, saying, We are thoroughly miserable: the portion of my people has been measured out with a line, and there was none to hinder him so as to turn him back; your fields have been divided.
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Micah 2:4
In that day they will take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, saying, ‘We are utterly ruined! My people’s possession is divided up. Indeed he takes it from me and assigns our fields to traitors!’”
Parallel Translations
In that day shall a parable be taken up against you, and a plaintive lamentation shall be uttered, saying, We are thoroughly miserable: the portion of my people has been measured out with a line, and there was none to hinder him so as to turn him back; your fields have been divided.
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.
Cross References
Habakkuk 2:6Micah 1:15Numbers 23:7Isaiah 24:3Jeremiah 9:17–21Jeremiah 9:10Deuteronomy 28:29Isaiah 6:11Zephaniah 1:2Amos 5:17Joel 1:13Isaiah 14:4Joel 1:8Lamentations 1:1–52 Chronicles 35:25
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