Micah 2:2

2 They covet fields and seize them, and houses, and take them. They defraud people of their homes, they rob them of their inheritance.

Micah 2:2 in Other Translations

KJV
2 And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
ESV
2 They covet fields and seize them, and houses, and take them away; they oppress a man and his house, a man and his inheritance.
NLT
2 When you want a piece of land, you find a way to seize it. When you want someone’s house, you take it by fraud and violence. You cheat a man of his property, stealing his family’s inheritance.
MSG
2 They covet fields and grab them, find homes and take them. They bully the neighbor and his family, see people only for what they can get out of them.
CSB
2 They covet fields and seize them; they also take houses. They deprive a man of his home, a person of his inheritance.

Micah 2:2 In-Context

1 Woe to those who plan iniquity, to those who plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they carry it out because it is in their power to do it.
2 They covet fields and seize them, and houses, and take them. They defraud people of their homes, they rob them of their inheritance.
3 Therefore, the LORD says: “I am planning disaster against this people, from which you cannot save yourselves. You will no longer walk proudly, for it will be a time of calamity.
4 In that day people will ridicule you; they will taunt you with this mournful song: ‘We are utterly ruined; my people’s possession is divided up. He takes it from me! He assigns our fields to traitors.’ ”
5 Therefore you will have no one in the assembly of the LORDto divide the land by lot.

Cross References 4

  • 1. Isaiah 5:8
  • 2. S Proverbs 30:14
  • 3. S Jeremiah 22:17
  • 4. S 1 Samuel 8:14; S Isaiah 1:23; S Ezekiel 46:18
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