Micah 2:4

Woe to those who turn God away.

“ (we) were enslaved to the elementary principles of the world. But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son... so that we might receive adoption" and become God's children (Galatians 4:3-5). Our deliverance may not require a change in our physical location, but it will always require a change in perspective. First5 

It’s not a surprise that Jesus rocked the status quo when he told everyone that the kingdom of heaven is within. Now. Say what???

From never enough, to the sacrament of this present moment. The gift of enough. An invitation to change the way we weigh and measure significance and value. And enough. About welcoming those small gifts wrapped in the ordinary. Terry Hershey “SabbathMoments “

With the passing of years, Henry’s life had changed. His children were grown. The neighborhood was different. He was unhappy. He asked his minister if he was unhappy for some sin he’d committed. “Yes,” the wise pastor replied. “The sin of ignorance. One of your neighbors is the Messiah in disguise, and you have not seen him.”

With time, Henry saw things in people he’d never seen. When others spoke he listened. After all, he might be listening to the Messiah. The bounce returned to his step. His eyes took on a friendly sparkle. He said, “All I know is that things changed when I started looking for God.”

Now, that’s curious. The old man saw Jesus because he didn’t know what he looked like. The people in Jesus’ day missed him because they thought they did. How are things looking in your neighborhood? Max Lucado

Micah 2:4

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. The New King James Version

The “Day of Yahweh,” a day of divine judgment. 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. The land of Israel was the inheritance of the Jews. The land of Israel will be given to a foreign nation that does not worship Yahweh. “Fields” collectively refers to orchards, vineyards, and grain fields. Faithlife Study Bible

A proverb was a taunt song. 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. Land-grabbers would no longer have a legitimate claim among God’s people. God would dispossess them even as they had dispossessed others. 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. The NKJV Study Bible

It is of great moment to improve and employ hours of retirement and solitude in a proper manner. If covetousness reigns in the heart, compassion is banished; and when the heart is thus engaged, violence and fraud commonly occupy the hands. The most haughty and secure in prosperity, are commonly most ready to despair in adversity. Woe to those from whom God turns away! Those are the sorest calamities which cut us off from the congregation of the Lord, or cut us short in the enjoyment of its privileges. Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Isaiah 6:11 Then I said, “Lord, how long?” And He answered:“Until the cities are laid waste and without inhabitant,The houses are without a man, the land is utterly desolate,

Isaiah 14:4 that you will take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say: “How the oppressor has ceased, the golden city ceased!

Isaiah 24:3 The land shall be entirely emptied and utterly plundered, for the LORD has spoken this word.

Habakkuk 2:6 “Will not all these take up a proverb against him, and a taunting riddle against him, and say, ‘Woe to him who increases what is not his—how long? And to him who loads himself with many pledges’?