Focused Passage

Micah 2:1-5

Woe to Oppressors and False Prophets, Yet Hope for a Gathered Remnant

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

1Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.

2They covet fields and seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of his home, a fellow man of his inheritance.

3Therefore this is what the LORD says: “I am planning against this nation a disaster from which you cannot free your necks. Then you will not walk so proudly, for it will be a time of calamity.

4In that day they will take up a proverb against you and taunt you with this bitter lamentation: ‘We are utterly ruined! He has changed the portion of my people. How He has removed it from me! He has allotted our fields to traitors.’”

5Therefore, you will have no one in the assembly of the LORD to divide the land by lot.

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Verse 1

Cross-references

Psalms 36:4Classic cross-references Isaiah 32:7Classic cross-references Proverbs 4:16Classic cross-references Psalms 7:14Classic cross-references Hosea 7:6Classic cross-references 1 Peter 1:3-5OliveGrove study links Colossians 3:5-7OliveGrove study links Ephesians 1:11-14OliveGrove study links

Original words

Woeה֧וֹיH1945Interjectionto those who deviseחֹֽשְׁבֵי־H2803Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural constructiniquityאָ֛וֶןH205Noun - masculine singularand plotוּפֹ֥עֲלֵיH6466Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural constructevilרָ֖עH7451Adjective - masculine singularonעַל־H5921Prepositiontheir bedsמִשְׁכְּבוֹתָ֑םH4904Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine pluralAt morning’sהַבֹּ֙קֶר֙H1242Article | Noun - masculine singularlightבְּא֤וֹרH216Preposition-b | Noun - common singular constructthey accomplish itיַעֲשׂ֔וּהָH6213Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person feminine singularbecauseכִּ֥יH3588Conjunctionthe powerלְאֵ֖לH410Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular constructisיֶשׁ־H3426Adverbin their handsיָדָֽם׃H3027Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural

Verse 2

Cross-references

Isaiah 5:8Classic cross-references Exodus 20:17Classic cross-references Luke 12:15Classic cross-references Amos 8:4Classic cross-references Jeremiah 22:17Classic cross-references 1 Peter 1:3-5OliveGrove study links Colossians 3:5-7OliveGrove study links Ephesians 1:11-14OliveGrove study links

Original words

They covetוְחָמְד֤וּH2530Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common pluralfieldsשָׂדוֹת֙H7704Noun - masculine pluraland seize themוְגָזָ֔לוּH1497Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common pluralthey take awayוְנָשָׂ֑אוּH5375Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common pluralhousesוּבָתִּ֖יםH1004Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine pluralThey depriveוְעָֽשְׁקוּ֙H6231Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plurala manגֶּ֣בֶרH1397Noun - masculine singularof his homeוּבֵית֔וֹH1004Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singulara fellow manוְאִ֖ישׁH376Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singularof his inheritanceוְנַחֲלָתֽוֹ׃פH5159Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular

Verse 3

Cross-references

Amos 5:13Classic cross-references Isaiah 2:11Classic cross-references Jeremiah 8:3Classic cross-references Jeremiah 18:11Classic cross-references Amos 9:1Classic cross-references 1 Peter 1:3-5OliveGrove study links Colossians 3:5-7OliveGrove study links Ephesians 1:11-14OliveGrove study links

Original words

Thereforeלָכֵ֗ןH3651Adverbthis is whatכֹּ֚הH3541Adverbthe LORDיְהוָ֔הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singular. . .הִנְנִ֥יH2005Interjection | first person common singularsaysאָמַ֣רH559Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularI am planningחֹשֵׁ֛בH2803Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularagainstעַל־H5921Prepositionthisהַזֹּ֖אתH2063Article | Pronoun - feminine singularnationהַמִּשְׁפָּחָ֥הH4940Article | Noun - feminine singulara disasterרָעָ֑הH7451Adjective - feminine singularfromמִשָּׁ֜םH8033Preposition-m | Adverbwhichאֲ֠שֶׁרH834Pronoun - relativeyou cannotלֹֽא־H3808Adverb - Negative particlefreeתָמִ֨ישׁוּH4185Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine pluralyour necksצַוְּארֹֽתֵיכֶ֗םH6677Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine pluralThen you will notוְלֹ֤אH3808Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particlewalkתֵֽלְכוּ֙H1980Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine pluralso proudlyרוֹמָ֔הH7317Adverbforכִּ֛יH3588Conjunctionitהִֽיא׃H1931Pronoun - third person feminine singularwill be a timeעֵ֥תH6256Noun - common singularof calamityרָעָ֖הH7451Adjective - feminine singular

Verse 4

Cross-references

Habakkuk 2:6Classic cross-references Numbers 23:7Classic cross-references Deuteronomy 28:29Classic cross-references Isaiah 24:3Classic cross-references Isaiah 6:11Classic cross-references 1 Peter 1:3-5OliveGrove study links Colossians 3:5-7OliveGrove study links Ephesians 1:11-14OliveGrove study links

Original words

In thatהַה֜וּאH1931Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singulardayבַּיּ֨וֹםH3117Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singularthey will take upיִשָּׂ֧אH5375Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singulara proverbמָשָׁ֗לH4912Noun - masculine singularagainst youעֲלֵיכֶ֣םH5921Preposition | second person masculine pluraland taunt youוְנָהָ֨הH5091Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singularwith this bitterנִֽהְיָה֙H1961Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singularlamentationנְהִ֤יH5092Noun - masculine singular-אָמַר֙H559Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularWe are utterly ruinedשָׁד֣וֹדH7703Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute. . .נְשַׁדֻּ֔נוּH7703Verb - Nifal - Perfect - first person common pluralHe has changedיָמִ֑ירH4171Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singularthe portionחֵ֥לֶקH2506Noun - masculine singular constructof my peopleעַמִּ֖יH5971Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singularHowאֵ֚יךְH349InterjectionHe has removed [it]יָמִ֣ישׁH4185Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singularfrom meלִ֔יPreposition | first person common singularHe has allottedיְחַלֵּֽק׃H2505Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singularour fieldsשָׂדֵ֖ינוּH7704Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common pluralto traitorsלְשׁוֹבֵ֥בH7728Preposition-l | Adjective - masculine singular

Verse 5

Cross-references

Deuteronomy 32:8Classic cross-references Joshua 18:4Classic cross-references Deuteronomy 32:9Classic cross-references Joshua 18:10Classic cross-references 1 Peter 1:3-5OliveGrove study links Colossians 3:5-7OliveGrove study links Ephesians 1:11-14OliveGrove study links

Original words

Thereforeלָכֵן֙H3651Adverbyou will haveיִֽהְיֶ֣הH1961Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularno oneלֹֽא־H3808Adverb - Negative particlein the assemblyבִּקְהַ֖לH6951Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular constructof the LORDיְהוָֽה׃H3068Noun - proper - masculine singularto divideמַשְׁלִ֥יךְH7993Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singularthe landחֶ֖בֶלH2256Noun - masculine singularby lotבְּגוֹרָ֑לH1486Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular

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