Bible in Basic English
"Is the Lord quickly made angry? are these his doings? do not his words do good to his people Israel?"
— Micah 2:7, Bible in Basic English
“O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the Lord straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?”
In that day this saying will be said about you, and this song of grief will be made: The heritage of my people is measured out, and there is no one to give it back; those who have made us prisoners have taken our fields from us, and complete destruction has come to us.
For this cause you will have no one to make the decision by the measuring line in the meeting of the Lord.
Let not words like these be dropped, they say: Shame and the curse will not come to the family of Jacob!
Is the Lord quickly made angry? are these his doings? do not his words do good to his people Israel?
As for you, you have become haters of those who were at peace with you: you take the clothing of those who go by without fear, and make them prisoners of war.
The women of my people you have been driving away from their dearly loved children; from their young ones you are taking my glory for ever.
Up! and go; for this is not your rest: because it has been made unclean, the destruction ordered will come on you.