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Micah 2:1

Hoy (Woe) to them that devise aven (iniquity), 1 and plot rah (evil) upon their mishkavim (beds)! 1 At ohr haboker they carry it out, 1 because it is in the power of their hand. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2And they covet sadot, and seize them; 1 and batim (houses), and take them away; 1 so they oppress a man and his bais, 1 even a man and his nachalah (inheritance). 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:32Thy banim and thy banot shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them kol hayom; and there shall be nothing you can do.

Esther 3:8And Haman said unto HaMelech Achashverosh, There is Am Echad scattered abroad and dispersed among the amim in all the provinces of thy malkhut (kingdom, realm); and their dat (law) is different from kol am; neither obey they the datei HaMelech; therefore it is not suitable for HaMelech to tolerate them.

Esther 9:25But when Ester came before HaMelech, he commanded by hasefer that his wicked machashevah, which he devised against the Yehudim, should return upon his own head, and that he and his banim should be hanged on the etz.

Psalms 7:14He hath also prepared for Him the instruments of mavet; 1 He ordaineth His flaming khitzim (arrows). 1

Psalms 36:5He deviseth evil upon his mishkav (bed); 1 he setteth himself in a derech that is not tov; 1 he abhorreth not rah. 1

Psalms 140:1(For the one directing. Mizmor of Dovid) 1

Matthew Henry on Micah 2:1

In this chapter we have, I. The sins with which the people of Israel are charged—covetousness and oppression, fraudulent and violent practices ( ver. 1, 2 ), dealing barbarously, even with women and children, and other harmless people, ver. 8, 9 . Opposition of God's prophets and silencing them ( ver. 6, 7 ), and delighting in false prophets, ver. 11 . II. The judgments with which they are threatened for those sins, that they should be humbled, and impoverished ( ver. 3-5 ), and banished, ver. 10 . III. Gracious… Read the whole commentary →

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