Micah 2:5-10

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

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Micah 2:6-11

Here are two sins charged upon the people of Israel, and judgments denounced against them for each, such judgments as exactly answer the sin?persecuting God's prophets and oppressing God's poor. I. Persecuting God's prophets, suppressing and silencing them, is a sin that provokes God as much as anything, for it not only spits in the face of his authority over us, but spurns at the bowels of his mercy to us; for his sending prophets to us is a sure and valuable token of his goodwill. Now... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Micah 2:5

Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord by lot ,.... This confirms what was before delivered in a parabolical way, and as a lamentation; and is spoken either to the false prophet, as Kimchi; who should not be, nor have any posterity to inherit by lot the land of Israel; or to those oppressors that took away houses and fields from others, these should have no part nor lot in the land any more; or rather to the whole, people of Israel, who should no more inherit their land after... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Micah 2:6

Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy ,.... Or "drop not" F8 אל תטיפו "ne stilletis", Pagninus, Montanus, Cocceius, Burkius, Junius & Tremellius; "ne stillatote", Piscator. ; such terrible words, such menacing things; let them not flow from your lips with such profusion and abundance; cease from speaking in the name of the Lord, if we can hear nothing else but sharp reproofs, and severe judgments: or the first word respects the true prophets of the Lord, and forbids... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Micah 2:7

O thou that art named the house of Jacob ,.... Called after that great and good man, and reckoned the people of God, and have the character of being religious persons; but, alas! have but a name, and not the thing, and are the degenerate offspring of that famous patriarch: is the Spirit of the Lord straitened ? or "shortened" F14 הקצר "abbreviatus est", Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus, Drusius, Cocceius; "decurtatus esset", Piscator. ; the Spirit of the Lord in his prophets, is it... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Micah 2:8

Even of late my people is risen up as an enemy ,.... Or "yesterday" F15 אתמול "heri", Pagninus, Montanus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Cocceius, Burkius. ; meaning a very little while before this prophecy, the people of Israel, those of the ten tribes, who were the people of God by profession, rose up as an enemy, not only to God and true religion, worshipping idols; but rather to their brethren, those of the two tribes of Judah and Benjamin; as they did in the times of Pekah... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Micah 2:9

The women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant houses ,.... Not content to slay their husbands, they took their wives or widows captive, dispossessed them of their habitations, where they had lived delightfully with their husbands and children; so we find that, at the time before referred to, the people of Israel carried captive of their brethren two hundred thousand women, and brought them to Samaria, 2 Chronicles 28:8 . Some understand this of divorce, which those men were... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Micah 2:10

Arise ye, and depart ,.... That is, out the land; do not think of a continuance in it, but expect a removal from it; prepare for captivity and exile; look for it every moment, to hear it said to you, arise, and be gone from hence; for, since you have drove others out of their inheritances and possessions, this shall be your case: for this is not your rest ; the land in which the ten tribes then dwelt, and which was given to their fathers for an inheritance, and for a resting place,... read more

Adam Clarke

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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 2:6

Prophesy ye not - Do not predict any more evils - we have as many as we can bear. We are utterly ruined - shame and confusion cover our faces. The original is singular, and expressive of sorrow and sobbing. Literally, "Do not cause it to rain; they will cause it to rain; they cannot make it rain sooner than this; confusion shall not depart from us." To rain, often means to preach, to prephesy; Ezekiel 20:46 , Ezekiel 21:2 ; Amos 7:16 ; Deuteronomy 32:2 ; Job 29:22 ; Proverbs 5:3 ... read more

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