Micah 2:5

"Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast the line by lot in the assembly of Jehovah."

Some would limit this to the evil oppressors, but we believe that it applies to the whole nation of Israel. The reference to "casting the line by lot" is a reference to the manner of dividing the land of Canaan among the Israelites after God had led them into the possession of it under Joshua. The wicked nobility had destroyed that ancient system; and therefore God would take the entire land away from them through the instrumentality of conquest and deportation about to fall upon them. In short, Israel was here prophesied to lose "their land," the land of Canaan, because of their wanton violation of their covenant with God.

Therefore, it is a gross mistake to imagine that these words refer to some future time when God would again parcel out the land to the Israelites, excluding the evil exploiters. Ah no! As Keil said, "Such a thought cannot be arbitrarily taken for granted here."[9] Yes indeed, there was uttered a moment later, the promise of a victory for the people of God, but it must be applied strictly to the righteous remnant, and not to Israel in the fleshly sense. Micah 2:12-13 are unmistakably Messianic. As Deane pointed out, some commentators see the meaning of this verse, as a threat that the ungodly element in the nation of Israel would die without leaving children; "But this seems far-fetched and inadmissible."[10] We surely agree.