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

1 Woe 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.

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

3 Therefore 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.

4 In 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.’”

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

Original words

Woe ה֧וֹי H1945 Interjection to those who devise חֹֽשְׁבֵי־ H2803 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct iniquity אָ֛וֶן H205 Noun - masculine singular and plot וּפֹ֥עֲלֵי H6466 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct evil רָ֖ע H7451 Adjective - masculine singular on עַל־ H5921 Preposition their beds מִשְׁכְּבוֹתָ֑ם H4904 Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural At morning’s הַבֹּ֙קֶר֙ H1242 Article | Noun - masculine singular light בְּא֤וֹר H216 Preposition-b | Noun - common singular construct they accomplish it יַעֲשׂ֔וּהָ H6213 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person feminine singular because כִּ֥י H3588 Conjunction the power לְאֵ֖ל H410 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct is יֶשׁ־ H3426 Adverb in their hands יָדָֽם׃ H3027 Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural

Verse 2

Cross-references

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

Original words

They covet וְחָמְד֤וּ H2530 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural fields שָׂדוֹת֙ H7704 Noun - masculine plural and seize them וְגָזָ֔לוּ H1497 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural they take away וְנָשָׂ֑אוּ H5375 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural houses וּבָתִּ֖ים H1004 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural They deprive וְעָֽשְׁקוּ֙ H6231 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural a man גֶּ֣בֶר H1397 Noun - masculine singular of his home וּבֵית֔וֹ H1004 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular a fellow man וְאִ֖ישׁ H376 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular of his inheritance וְנַחֲלָתֽוֹ׃פ H5159 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular

Verse 3

Cross-references

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

Original words

Therefore לָכֵ֗ן H3651 Adverb this is what כֹּ֚ה H3541 Adverb the LORD יְהוָ֔ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular . . . הִנְנִ֥י H2005 Interjection | first person common singular says אָמַ֣ר H559 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular I am planning חֹשֵׁ֛ב H2803 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular against עַל־ H5921 Preposition this הַזֹּ֖את H2063 Article | Pronoun - feminine singular nation הַמִּשְׁפָּחָ֥ה H4940 Article | Noun - feminine singular a disaster רָעָ֑ה H7451 Adjective - feminine singular from מִשָּׁ֜ם H8033 Preposition-m | Adverb which אֲ֠שֶׁר H834 Pronoun - relative you cannot לֹֽא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle free תָמִ֨ישׁוּ H4185 Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine plural your necks צַוְּארֹֽתֵיכֶ֗ם H6677 Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural Then you will not וְלֹ֤א H3808 Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle walk תֵֽלְכוּ֙ H1980 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural so proudly רוֹמָ֔ה H7317 Adverb for כִּ֛י H3588 Conjunction it הִֽיא׃ H1931 Pronoun - third person feminine singular will be a time עֵ֥ת H6256 Noun - common singular of calamity רָעָ֖ה H7451 Adjective - feminine singular

Verse 4

Cross-references

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

Original words

In that הַה֜וּא H1931 Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singular day בַּיּ֨וֹם H3117 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular they will take up יִשָּׂ֧א H5375 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular a proverb מָשָׁ֗ל H4912 Noun - masculine singular against you עֲלֵיכֶ֣ם H5921 Preposition | second person masculine plural and taunt you וְנָהָ֨ה H5091 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular with this bitter נִֽהְיָה֙ H1961 Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular lamentation נְהִ֤י H5092 Noun - masculine singular - אָמַר֙ H559 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular We are utterly ruined שָׁד֣וֹד H7703 Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute . . . נְשַׁדֻּ֔נוּ H7703 Verb - Nifal - Perfect - first person common plural He has changed יָמִ֑יר H4171 Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular the portion חֵ֥לֶק H2506 Noun - masculine singular construct of my people עַמִּ֖י H5971 Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular How אֵ֚יךְ H349 Interjection He has removed [it] יָמִ֣ישׁ H4185 Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular from me לִ֔י Preposition | first person common singular He has allotted יְחַלֵּֽק׃ H2505 Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular our fields שָׂדֵ֖ינוּ H7704 Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural to traitors לְשׁוֹבֵ֥ב H7728 Preposition-l | Adjective - masculine singular

Verse 5

Cross-references

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

Original words

Therefore לָכֵן֙ H3651 Adverb you will have יִֽהְיֶ֣ה H1961 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular no one לֹֽא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle in the assembly בִּקְהַ֖ל H6951 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct of the LORD יְהוָֽה׃ H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular to divide מַשְׁלִ֥יךְ H7993 Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular the land חֶ֖בֶל H2256 Noun - masculine singular by lot בְּגוֹרָ֑ל H1486 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular

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