VI. But not to expend our argument entirely in going over the words of all the prophets, 1891 after citing one other, let us revert to the matter in hand. What is it, then, that Micah says in his prophecy? “Thus saith the Lord concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry to him, Peace; and if it was not put into their mouth, 1892 they prepared 1893 war against him. Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision; 1894 and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall not go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them. And the seers shall be ashamed, and the diviners confounded.” 1895 These things we have recounted beforehand, in order that ye may know the pain that is to be in the last times, and the perturbation, and the manner of life on the part of all men toward each other, 1896 and their envy, and hate, and strife, and the negligence of the shepherds toward the sheep, and the unruly disposition of the people toward the priests. 1897 1891     Manuscript E gives the better reading, λόγον ἅπαντα τοῖς τῶν προφητῶν ῥήμασι , “our whole argument on the words of the prophets.” 1892     εἰ οὐκ ἐδόθη . Manuscript B omits εἰ = and it was not put into their mouth. 1893     The text reads ἡγίασαν .  Manuscript B reads ἤγγισαν . Migne suggests ἤγειραν . 1894     ἐξ ὁράσεως . 1895     Mic. iii. 5–7 . 1896     For τὴν πρὸς ἀλλήλους ἀναστροφήν , Codex B reads διαστροφὴν καὶ φθοράν . 1897     For ἀνυπότακτον διάθεσιν , Codex B reads ἀταξίαν = unruliness, and adds, καὶ γονεῖς τὰ τέκνα μισήσουσι , καὶ τέκνα τοῖς γονεῦσιν ἐπιβάλλονται χεῖρας , “and parents shall hate their children and children lay hands on their parents.”