Micah 2:3-4

3 Therefore thus says the LORD, "Behold, I am ¹planning against this ²family a calamity From which you ³cannot remove your necks; And you will not walk ⁴haughtily, For it will be an ⁵evil time.

4 "On that day they will ⁶take up against you a taunt And ⁷utter a bitter lamentation and say, 'We are completely ⁸destroyed! He exchanges the portion of my people; How He removes it from me! To the apostate He ⁹apportions our fields.'

Micah 2:3-4 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO MICAH 2

In this chapter complaint is made of the sins of the people of Israel, and they are threatened with punishment for them. The sins they are charged with are covetousness, oppression, and injustice, which were premeditated, and done deliberately, Mic 2:1,2; therefore the Lord devised evil against them, they should not escape; and which would bring down their pride, and cause them to take up a lamentation, because they should not enjoy the portion of land that belonged to them, Mic 2:3-5; they are further charged with opposing the prophets of the Lord, the folly and wickedness of which is exposed, Mic 2:6,7; and with great inhumanity and barbarity, even to women and children, Mic 2:8,9; and therefore are ordered to expect and prepare for a removal out of their land, Mic 2:10; and the rather, since they gave encouragement and heed to false prophets, and delighted in them, Mic 2:11; and the chapter is concluded with words of comfort to the remnant among them, and with precious promises of the Messiah, and the blessings of grace by him, Mic 2:12,13.

Cross References

• 1. Deuteronomy 28:48; Jeremiah 18:11
• 2. Jeremiah 8:3; Amos 3:1, 2
• 3. Lamentations 1:14; Lamentations 5:5
• 4. Isaiah 2:11, 12
• 5. Amos 5:13
• 6. Habakkuk 2:6
• 7. Jer 9:10, 17-21; Micah 1:8
• 8. Isaiah 6:11; Isaiah 24:3; Jeremiah 4:13
• 9. Jeremiah 6:12; Jeremiah 8:10

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "proverb"
• [b]. Lit "lament"