CHAPTER VII SECOND CYCLE WOE TO THE ARROGANT MISLEADERS. Micah 2:1-3 RV. Woe to them that devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand. And they covet fields, and seize them; and houses, and take them away: and... [ Continue Reading ]
A TAUNT AGAINST THE WICKED. Micah 2:4-5 RV. In that day shall they take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We are utterly ruined: he changeth the portion of my people: how doth he remove it from me! to the rebellious he divideth our fields. Therefore thou shal... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PROPHET ACCUSED AS AN ENEMY. Micah 2:6-7(a) RV. Prophesy ye not, thus they prophesy. They shall not prophesy to these: reproaches shall not depart. Shall it be said, O house of Jacob, Is the Spirit of Jehovah straitened? are these his doings? LXX. Weep not with tears in the assembly of the Lord... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PROPHET ANSWERS HIS CRITICS. Micah 2:7(b)-11 RV. Do not _my_ words do good to him that walketh uprightly? But of late my people is risen up as an enemy: ye strip the robe from off the garment from them that pass by securely as men averse from war. The women of my people ye cast out from their p... [ Continue Reading ]
JUDGEMENTS TEMPERED BY PROMISES. Micah 2:12-13 RV. I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as a flock in the midst of their pasture; they shall make great noise by reason of the multitude of men. The b... [ Continue Reading ]