Micah 2:1-5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 2:5

None that shall cast a cord - You will no more have your inheritance divided to you by lot, as it was to your fathers; ye shall neither have fields nor possessions of any kind. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 2:1

Verse 1 The Prophet does not here speak only against the Israelites, as some think, who have incorrectly confined this part of his teaching to the ten tribes; but he, on the contrary, (in discharging his office, addresses also the Jews. He refers not here to idolatry, as in the last chapter; but inveighs against sins condemned in the second table. As then the Jews had not only polluted the worship of God, but also gave loose reins to many iniquities, so that they dealt wrongfully with their... read more

John Calvin

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

Verse 2 Micah confirms here what is contained in the former verse; for he sets forth the alacrity with which the avaricious were led to commit plunder; nay, how unbridled was their cupidity to do evil. As soon as they have coveted any thing, he says, they take it by force. And hence we gather, that the Prophet, in the last verse, connected wicked counsels with the attempt of effecting them; as though he had said, that they indeed carefully contrived their frauds, but that as they were skillful... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 2:3

Verse 3 The Prophet shows now that the avaricious were in vain elevated by their frauds and rapacity, because their hope would be disappointed; for God in heaven was waiting his time to appear against them. Though they had anxiously heaped together much wealth, yet God would justly dissipate it altogether. This is what he now declares. Behold, he says, thus saith Jehovah, I am meditating evil against this family (81) There is here a striking contrast between God and the Jews, between their... 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

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 2:5

Verse 5 Here the Prophet concludes his discourse respecting God’s design to cleanse Judea from its perverse and wicked inhabitants, that it might no longer be the inheritance of one people. For the land, we know, had been given to the posterity of Abraham, on the condition, that it was to be held by them as an heritage: and we also know, that a line was determined by lot whenever the year of Jubilee returned, that every one might regain his own possession. The Prophet now testifies that this... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 2:1

The prophet, himself one of the people, first inveighs against the sins of injustice and oppression of the poor. Devise … work … practise. A gradation. They are not led into these sins by others; they themselves conceive the evil purpose in their own heart; then they prepare and mature their scheme by reflection; then they proceed to execute it. Work evil; i.e. prepare the means for carrying out their conception (comp Isaiah 41:4 ). Upon their beds. At night, the natural time for... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

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