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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Micah 2:1-5

Here is, I. The injustice of man contriving the evil of sin, Mic. 2:1, 2. God was coming forth against this people to destroy them, and here he shows what was the ground of his controversy with them; it is that which is often mentioned as a sin that hastens the ruin of nations and families as much as any, the sin of oppression. Let us see the steps of it. 1. They eagerly desire that which is not their own?that is the root of bitterness, the root of all evil, Mic. 2:2. They covet fields and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Micah 2:4

In that day shall one take up a parable against you ,.... Making use of your name, as a byword, a proverb, a taunt, and a jeer; mocking at your calamities and miseries: or, "concerning you" F3 עליכם "super vos", Pagninus, Montanus; "de vobis", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; "super vobis", Cocceius. ; take up and deliver out a narrative of your troubles, in figurative and parabolical expressions; which Kimchi thinks is to be understood of a false prophet, finding his prophecies... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 2:4

Take up a parable against you - Your wickedness and your punishment shall be subjects of common conversation; and a funeral dirge shall be composed and sung for you as for the dead. The lamentation is that which immediately follows: We be utterly spoiled; and ends, Are these his doings? Micah 2:7 . read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 2:4

Verse 4 The verse is in broken sentences; and hence interpreters vary. But the meaning of the Prophet appears to me to be simply this, In that day they shall take up a proverb against you; that is, it will not be an ordinary calamity, but the report concerning it will go forth every where so that the Jews will become to all a common proverb. This is one thing. As to the word משל, meshil, it is taken, we know, for a weighty saying, and in the plural, weighty sayings, called by the Latins,... 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 2:4

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

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

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Micah 2:4-6

Micah 2:4-6. In that day shall one take up a parable Shall use a figurative speech, against you A parable signifies a speech out of the ordinary way, as the Greek word παροιμια imports, and illustrated with metaphors or rhetorical figures. So speaking in parables is opposed to speaking plainly, John 16:25; John 16:29. And lament, &c. Your friends for you, and you for yourselves. He hath changed the portion of my people Their wealth, plenty, freedom, joy, and honour, into poverty,... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Micah 2:1-5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Micah 2:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 2:4

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 2:4

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 2:4

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

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Micah 2:4-6

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