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

H5012

to prophesy, i.e. speak (or sing) by inspiration (in prediction or simple discourse)

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ye not

אָמַר

ʼâmar

H559

to say (used with great latitude)

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they to them that

נָבָא

nâbâʼ

H5012

to prophesy, i.e. speak (or sing) by inspiration (in prediction or simple discourse)

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they shall not

נָבָא

nâbâʼ

H5012

to prophesy, i.e. speak (or sing) by inspiration (in prediction or simple discourse)

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to them that they shall not

לָקַח

lâqach

H3947

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

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כְּלִמָּה

kᵉlimmâh

H3639

disgrace

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Key Terms in This Verse

Prophesy H5012

נָבָא nâbâʼ

to prophesy, i.e. speak (or sing) by inspiration (in prediction or simple discourse)

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prophesy H5012

נָבָא nâbâʼ

to prophesy, i.e. speak (or sing) by inspiration (in prediction or simple discourse)

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prophesy H5012

נָבָא nâbâʼ

to prophesy, i.e. speak (or sing) by inspiration (in prediction or simple discourse)

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shame H3639

כְּלִמָּה kᵉlimmâh

disgrace

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take H3947

לָקַח lâqach

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

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say H559

אָמַר ʼâmar

to say (used with great latitude)

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Cross References

Amos 2:12 cross-reference

But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.

Isaiah 30:10 cross-reference

Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:

Acts 5:40 cross-reference

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.

Micah 6:16 cross-reference

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...

Amos 7:13 cross-reference

But prophesy not again any more at Bethel: for it is the king’s chapel, and it is the king’s court.

Ezekiel 3:26 cross-reference

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.

Ezekiel 20:46 cross-reference

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;

Acts 7:51 cross-reference

Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.

Acts 5:28 cross-reference

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.

Ezekiel 21:2 cross-reference

Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,

Acts 4:17 cross-reference

But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.

Psalm 74:9 cross-reference

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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