Micah 2:4

In that day shall this song be uttered concerning thee. And this sad lamentation be made: “We are utterly laid waste; He hath changed the portion of my people; How hath he torn it from me! He hath taken away and distributed our fields.”

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! turning away he hath divided our fields.

In Context

3Therefore, thus saith Jehovah: Behold, against this race do I meditate evil. From which ye shall not remove your necks, nor lift up your heads; For it shall be a time of evil.

5Behold, thou shalt have no one henceforth Who shall draw out a line for a portion, In the congregation of Jehovah.

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Cross References

Job 27:1Moreover Job continued his discourse, and said:

Isaiah 14:4Then shall thou utter this song over the king of Babylon, and say, “How hath the tyrant fallen, The oppression ceased!

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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