彌迦書 2:3-5 CUNPTS

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 2:1-3

Deliberate sins bringing predestined punishments. We see here— I. THE GENESIS OF CRIME . Three stages are described. 1 . Sinful desires are cherished in the heart. These sinners "devise iniquity," think over it ( Psalms 7:14 ), imagine it (the same word as in 1 Samuel 18:25 , referring to Saul's thought and plan to secure David's death), dwell on it; for wickedness is "sweet in their mouth" ( Job 20:10-12 ). Illustrate from the licentious thoughts of David ( 2... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 2:1-4

Avarice. "Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand," etc. The prophet, in the preceding chapter, foretold the judgment that would befall both kingdoms on account, of their apostasy from the living God. He begins this chapter by denouncing the rapacious avarice of their leading men. Oppression is one of the greatest social crimes; alas! one that has been prevalent in every age and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 2:1-5

§ 6. The prophet justifies his threat by recounting the sins of which the grandees and guilty. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 2:1-11

Delineations of deep transgression, righteous retribution, and Divine equity. We have in these verses three pictures, drawn by a master hand, and very suggestive of practical teaching. I. A PICTURE OF DEEP TRANSGRESSION . ( Micah 2:1 , Micah 2:2 , Micah 2:8 , Micah 2:9 .) Observe delineated in it: 1 . The abuse of privilege . ( Micah 2:1 .) What a boon is night! "The season of repose; the blessed barrier betwixt day and day," when the hum and bustle, the anxiety... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 2:3

The sin shall be followed by its appropriate punishment. As they devised evil, God will devise a penalty. This family. The whole people ( Amos 3:1 ). An evil. A chastisement, a judgment ( Amos 3:6 ). Ye . The prophet suddenly addresses them, the "family." Your necks. He speaks of the calamity as a heavy, galling yoke, from which they should be unable to free themselves (comp. Hosea 10:11 ). This yoke is their conquest and exile at the hands of foreigners (comp. Jeremiah 27:12 ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 2:4

In that day. The evil time mentioned in Micah 2:3 . A parable ( mashal ); probably here "a taunting song." The enemy shall use the words in which Israel laments her calamity as a taunt against her ( Habakkuk 2:6 ). And lament with a doleful lamentation. The Hebrew gives a remarkable alliteration, Nahah nehi niheyah ; Septuagint, θρηνηθήσεται θρῆνος ἐν μέλει , "Lament a lamentation with melody;" Vulgate, Cantabitur canticum cum suavitate; "Wail a wail of woe." (Pusey).... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 2:5

Therefore thou. Because thou, the tyrannical, oppressive grandee ( Micah 2:1 , Micah 2:2 ), hast dealt with thy neighbour's land unjustly, therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord ( the line ) by lot ( for a lot ); i.e. thou shalt have no more inheritance in Israel. The "line" is the measuring line used in dividing land, as Amos 7:17 . The reference is to the original distribution of the land by lot in Joshua's time (see Joshua 14:2 , etc.). In the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Micah 2:3

Such had been their habitual doings. They had done all this, he says, as one continuous act, up to that time. They were habitually devisers of iniquity, doers of evil. It was ever-renewed. By night they sinned in heart and thought; by day, in act. And so he speaks of it in the present. They do it. But, although renewed in fresh acts, it was one unbroken course of acting. And so he also uses the form, in which the Hebrews spoke of uninterrupted habits, They have coveted, they have robbed, they... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Micah 2:4

In that day shall one take up a parable against you - The mashal or likeness may, in itself, be any speech in which one thing is likened to another:1) “figured speech,”2) “proverb,” and, since such proverbs were often sharp sayings against others,3) “taunting figurative speech.”But of the person himself it is always said, he “is made, becomes a proverb” Deuteronomy 28:37; 1Ki 9:7; 2 Chronicles 7:20; Psalms 44:15; Psalms 69:12; Jeremiah 24:9; Ezekiel 14:8. To take up or utter such a speech... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Micah 2:5

Therefore thou shalt have none that shall east a cord by lot in the congregation of the Lord - Thou, in the first instance, is the impenitent Jew of that day. God had promised by Hosea to restore Judah; shortly after, the prophet himself foretells it Micah 2:12. Now he forewarns these and such as these, that they would have no portion in it. They had “neither part nor lot in this matter” Acts 8:21. They, the not-Israel then, were the images and ensamples of the not-Israel afterward, those who... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 2:1-3

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 2:1-4

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 2:1-5

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 2:1-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 2:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 2:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 2:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Micah 2:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Micah 2:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Micah 2:5

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