Micah 2:6
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame."
Word-by-Word Analysis
נָבָא
nâbâʼ
to prophesy, i.e. speak (or sing) by inspiration (in prediction or simple discourse)
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
נָבָא
nâbâʼ
to prophesy, i.e. speak (or sing) by inspiration (in prediction or simple discourse)
נָבָא
nâbâʼ
to prophesy, i.e. speak (or sing) by inspiration (in prediction or simple discourse)
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
Key Terms in This Verse
נָבָא nâbâʼ
to prophesy, i.e. speak (or sing) by inspiration (in prediction or simple discourse)
Study H5012 →נָבָא nâbâʼ
to prophesy, i.e. speak (or sing) by inspiration (in prediction or simple discourse)
Study H5012 →נָבָא nâbâʼ
to prophesy, i.e. speak (or sing) by inspiration (in prediction or simple discourse)
Study H5012 →Cross References
But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.
Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:
And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye sha...
But prophesy not again any more at Bethel: for it is the king’s chapel, and it is the king’s court.
And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: for they are a rebellious house.
Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field;
Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man’s blood upon us.
Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,
But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.
We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.
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