Monday, December 2, 2019

Micah 2:3-5

All things, all events that take place on earth, are under the control of the Almighty. Rest in His peace and trust in His timing. 

The mistreatment of others has given these evildoers the impression that they are better than those upon whom they prey. The Hebrew text uses a term that usually refers to a proverb. In this context it is best seen as a derogatory proverbial chant against an object of scorn and ridicule, such as the foreign nations. Faithlife Bible.

While the wicked devised iniquity, God made some plans of His own. God would take the property rights from those who had seized them illegally and give them to people who were even more reprobate than they were. These words may have been a strong warning to Micah not to be like the lying prophets who counseled that all was well in the land. NKJ Bible.

Micah 2:3–5 (NKJV)
3 Therefore thus says the Lord:
“Behold, against this family I am devising disaster,
From which you cannot remove your necks;
Nor shall you walk haughtily,
For this is an evil time.
4 In that day one shall take up a proverb against you,
And lament with a bitter lamentation, saying:
‘We are utterly destroyed!
He has changed the heritage of my people;
How He has removed it from me!
To a turncoat He has divided our fields.’ ”
5 Therefore you will have no one to determine boundaries by lot
In the assembly of the Lord.

Amos 5:13 (NKJV)
13 Therefore the prudent keep silent at that time,
For it is an evil time.


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