Micah · Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
Micah 2 Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
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1 Woe to you that devise that which is unprofitable, and work evil in your beds: in the morning light they execute it, because their hand is against God.
1 ¡AY de los que piensan iniquidad, y de los que fabrican el mal en sus camas! Cuando viene la mañana lo ponen en obra, porque tienen en su mano el poder.
2 And they have coveted fields, and taken them by violence, and houses they have forcibly taken away: and oppressed a man and his house, a man and his inheritance.
2 Y codiciaron las heredades, y robáronlas: y casas, y las tomaron: oprimieron al hombre y á su casa, al hombre y á su heredad.
3 Therefore thus saith the Lord: Behold, I devise an evil against this family: from which you shall not withdraw your necks, and you shall not walk haughtily, for this is a very evil time.
3 Por tanto, así ha dicho Jehová: He aquí, yo pienso sobre esta familia un mal, del cual no sacaréis vuestros cuellos, ni andaréis erguidos; porque el tiempo será malo.
4 In that day a parable shall be taken up upon you, and a song shall be sung with melody by them that say: We are laid waste and spoiled: the portion of my people is changed: how shall he depart from me, whereas he is returning that will divide our land?
4 En aquel tiempo se levantará sobre vosotros refrán, y se endechará endecha de lamentación, diciendo: Del todo fuimos destruídos; ha cambiado la parte de mi pueblo. ¡Cómo nos quitó nuestros campos! dió, repartiólos [á otros].
5 Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast the cord of a lot in the assembly of the Lord.
5 Por tanto, no tendrás quien eche cordel para suerte en la congregación de Jehová.
6 Speak ye not, saying: It shall not drop upon these, confusion shall not take them.
6 No profeticéis, [dicen] á los que profetizan; no les profeticen que los ha de comprender vergüenza.
7 The house of Jacob saith: Is the spirit of the Lord straitened, or are these his thoughts? Are not my words good to him that walketh uprightly?
7 La que te dices casa de Jacob, ¿hase acortado el espíritu de Jehová? ¿son éstas sus obras? ¿Mis palabras no hacen bien al que camina derechamente?
8 But my people, on the contrary, are risen up as an enemy: you have taken away the cloak off from the coat: and them that passed harmless you have turned to war.
8 El que ayer era mi pueblo, se ha levantado como enemigo: tras las vestiduras quitasteis las capas atrevidamente á los que pasaban, [como] los que vuelven de la guerra.
9 You have cast out the women of my people from their houses, in which they took delight: you have taken my praise for ever from their children.
9 A las mujeres de mi pueblo echasteis fuera de las casas de sus delicias: á sus niños quitasteis mi perpetua alabanza.
10 Arise ye, and depart, for there is no rest here for you. For that uncleanness of the land, it shall be corrupted with a grievous corruption.
10 Levantaos, y andad, que no es ésta la holganza; porque [está] contaminada, corrompióse, y de grande corrupción.
11 Would God I were not a man that hath the spirit, and that I rather spoke a lie: I will let drop to thee of wine, and of drunkenness: and it shall be this people upon whom it shall drop.
11 Si [hubiere] alguno que ande con el viento, y finja mentiras [diciendo]: Yo te profetizaré de vino y de sidra; este tal será profeta á este pueblo.
12 I will assemble and gather together all of thee, O Jacob: I will bring together the remnant of Israel, I will put them together as a flock in the fold, as the sheep in the midst of the sheepcotes, they shall make a tumult by reason of the multitude of men.
12 De cierto te reuniré todo, oh Jacob: recogeré ciertamente el resto de Israel: pondrélo junto como ovejas de Bosra, como rebaño en mitad de su majada: harán estruendo por [la multitud de] los hombres.
13 For he shall go up that shall open the way before them: they shall divide, and pass through the gate, and shall come in by it: and their king shall pass before them, and the Lord at the head of them.
13 Subirá rompedor delante de ellos; romperán y pasarán la puerta, y saldrán por ella: y su rey pasará delante de ellos, y á la cabeza de ellos Jehová.
Cross references (13)
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- 1 Psalm 36:4; Isaiah 32:7; Psalm 7:14–16; Hosea 7:6–7; Proverbs 6:12–19
- 2 Isaiah 5:8; Jeremiah 22:17; Amos 8:4; Ezekiel 18:12; Matthew 23:13
- 3 Jeremiah 8:3; Amos 5:13; Isaiah 2:11–12; Jeremiah 18:11; Amos 9:1–4
- 4 Habakkuk 2:6; Jeremiah 9:17–21; Micah 1:15; Jeremiah 9:10; Isaiah 24:3
- 5 Joshua 18:4; Deuteronomy 32:8; Joshua 18:10; Deuteronomy 23:2; Psalm 16:6
- 6 Amos 2:12; Isaiah 30:10; Acts 5:40; Ezekiel 3:26; Psalm 74:9
- 7 Psalm 84:11; Jeremiah 15:16; Psalm 15:2; Zechariah 4:6; Proverbs 10:9
- 8 2 Samuel 20:19; Psalm 120:6–7; 2 Chronicles 28:5–8; Psalm 55:20; Isaiah 9:21
- 9 Ezekiel 39:21; Habakkuk 2:14; Luke 20:47; 2 Corinthians 3:18; Psalm 72:19
- 10 Deuteronomy 12:9; Psalm 106:38; 2 Kings 17:6; Hebrews 4:1–9; 1 Kings 9:7
- 11 Jeremiah 5:31; 2 Corinthians 11:13–15; Isaiah 30:10–11; Jeremiah 23:17; Jeremiah 28:15
- 12 Micah 4:6–7; Micah 5:7; Hosea 1:11; Jeremiah 31:7–10; Ezekiel 37:21
- 13 Isaiah 52:12; Isaiah 45:1–2; Zechariah 9:14–15; Revelation 7:17; John 10:27–30
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What the Fathers said
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
… the people for their rebellion and disobedience; "you do always," he says, "resist the Holy Ghost;" and again Isaiah,--"They vexed His Holy Spirit, therefore He was turned to be their enemy;" and in another passage, "the house of Jacob angered the Spirit of the Lord." Are not these passages indicative of authoritative power?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)