Micah 2:5

Therefore thou shalt have no one to cast a line for the lot.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord by lot in the congregation of the LORD.

In Context

4In that day shall a parable be taken up against you, and a plaintive lamentation shall be uttered, saying, We are thoroughly miserable: the portion of my people has been measured out with a line, and there was none to hinder him so as to turn him back; your fields have been divided.

6Weep not with tears in the assembly of the Lord, neither let any weep for these things; for he shall not remove the reproaches,

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 23:8Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite, because he is thy brother; thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian, because thou wast a stranger in his land.

Joshua 18:4Appoint of yourselves three men of each tribe, and let them rise up and go through the land, and let them describe it before me, as it will be proper to divide it.

2 Kings 17:23until the Lord removed Israel from his presence, as the Lord spoke by all his servants the prophets; and Israel was removed from off their land to the Assyrians until this day.

Hosea 9:3They dwelt not in the Lord’s land: Ephraim dwelt in Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things among the Assyrians.

Matthew Henry on Micah 2:2-6

The Sins of the People. ( b. c. 740.) 1 Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand. 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. 3 Therefore thus saith the Lord ; Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye go haughtily: for this time is… Read the whole commentary →

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