Holy Scripture
Micah 2:7
A church father on this verse
“But some one will say to me, You adduce a thing strange to me, when you call the Son the Word. For John indeed speaks of the Word, but it is by a figure of speech. Nay, it is by no figure of speech. For while thus presenting this Word that was from the beginning, and has now been sent forth, he said below in the Apoca…”
Source: Septuagint
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7who says, The house of Jacob has provoked the Spirit of the Lord; are not these his practices? Are not the Lord’s words right with him? and have they not proceeded correctly?
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5Therefore thou shalt have no one to cast a line for the lot.
6Weep not with tears in the assembly of the Lord, neither let any weep for these things; for he shall not remove the reproaches,
— Micah 2:7 —
8Even beforetime my people withstood him as an enemy against his peace; they have stripped off his skin to remove hope in the conflict of war.
9The leaders of my people shall be cast forth from their luxurious houses; they are rejected because of their evil practices; draw ye near to the everlasting mountains.