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Text -- Micah 2:1-11 (NET)
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Land Robbers Will Lose their Land
2:1 Those who devise sinful plans are as good as dead, those who dream about doing evil as they lie in bed . As soon as morning dawns they carry out their plans, because they have the power to do so.
2:2 They confiscate the fields they desire, and seize the houses they want . They defraud people of their homes , and deprive people of the land they have inherited .
2:3 Therefore the Lord says this : “Look , I am devising disaster for this nation ! It will be like a yoke from which you cannot free your neck . You will no longer walk proudly , for it will be a time of catastrophe .
2:4 In that day people will sing this taunt song to you– they will mock you with this lament : ‘We are completely destroyed ; they sell off the property of my people . How they remove it from me! They assign our fields to the conqueror .’
2:5 Therefore no one will assign you land in the Lord’s community .
2:6 ‘Don’t preach with such impassioned rhetoric,’ they say excitedly. ‘These prophets should not preach of such things; we will not be overtaken by humiliation .’
2:7 Does the family of Jacob say , ‘The Lord’s patience can’t be exhausted – he would never do such things ’? To be sure, my commands bring a reward for those who obey them,
2:8 but you rise up as an enemy against my people . You steal a robe from a friend, from those who pass by peacefully as if returning from a war .
2:9 You wrongly evict widows among my people from their cherished homes . You defraud their children of their prized inheritance .
2:10 But you are the ones who will be forced to leave ! For this land is not secure ! Sin will thoroughly destroy it!
2:11 If a lying windbag should come and say , ‘I’ll promise you blessings of wine and beer ,’ he would be just the right preacher for these people !
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Micah |
Oppression |
Cord |
Word of God |
Land |
Israel |
Greed |
Drunkeess |
Fermented Drink |
Lot |
Holy Spirit |
Minister |
Wicked |
Worldliness |
Rope |
Rising |
Divorce |
Monopoly |
Malice |
Character |
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NET Notes -> Mic 2:1; Mic 2:1; Mic 2:1; Mic 2:2; Mic 2:2; Mic 2:2; Mic 2:3; Mic 2:3; Mic 2:3; Mic 2:4; Mic 2:4; Mic 2:4; Mic 2:4; Mic 2:4; Mic 2:4; Mic 2:5; Mic 2:5; Mic 2:6; Mic 2:6; Mic 2:6; Mic 2:7; Mic 2:7; Mic 2:7; Mic 2:7; Mic 2:7; Mic 2:8; Mic 2:8; Mic 2:8; Mic 2:8; Mic 2:9; Mic 2:9; Mic 2:9; Mic 2:10; Mic 2:10; Mic 2:10; Mic 2:11; Mic 2:11; Mic 2:11
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NET Notes: Mic 2:2 Heb “and a man and his inheritance.” The verb עָשַׁק (’ashaq, “to oppress”; “t...
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NET Notes: Mic 2:5 No one will assign you land in the Lord’s community. When judgment passes and the people are restored to the land, those greedy ones who disrega...
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NET Notes: Mic 2:6 Heb “they should not foam at the mouth concerning these things, humiliation will not be removed.”
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NET Notes: Mic 2:7 Heb “Do not my words accomplish good for the one who walks uprightly?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “Of course they d...
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NET Notes: Mic 2:8 Heb “from those passing by peacefully, returnees from war.” Actual refugees, however, are probably not in view. The second line compares t...
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NET Notes: Mic 2:9 Heb “from their children you take my glory forever.” The yod (י) ending on הֲדָרִי (hadari...
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