Micah 2:5

There will be no one to measure out land for you from the Lord’s community.

Open English Bible (US)

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

4On that day they will sing a taunt-song to you, this mocking lament: ‘My people’s estate is being measured for sale, our captors are dividing our fields. We are completely undone.’

6“‘Don’t rant!’ they urge, ‘Of such things one does not prophesy! Shame will not overtake us!

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Cross References

Joshua 18:4Appoint three men from each tribe. I will send them to make a survey of the land showing the proposed areas for their inheritance. Then they are to come back to me.

Hosea 9:3They will not stay in the Lord’s land, but Ephraim will return to Egypt, and in Assyria they will eat what is unclean.

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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