Micah 2:4
In Yom HaHu shall one take up a mashal against you, 1 and lament with a doleful lamentation, 1 and say: We are utterly ruined; 1 He ( Hashem ) hath changed the chelek of Ami (my People); 1 how hath He ( Hashem ) removed it from me! 1 To the shovev (faithless, apostate) He ( Hashem ) apportions our sadot. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
5Therefore thou shalt have none that shall divide 1 for you the land by lot in the Kahal Hashem. 1
Cross References
Numbers 23:18And he took up his mashal, and said, 1 Rise up, Balak, and hear; 1 pay heed unto me, thou son of Tzippor. 1
Numbers 24:15And he took up his mashal, and said, 1 Balaam ben Be'or hath said, 1 the man whose eyes are open hath said, 1
2 Samuel 1:17And Dovid lamented with this kinah (lamentation) over Sha'ul and over Yonatan bno;
2 Chronicles 35:25And Yirmeyahu lamented for Yoshiyahu; and all the sharim (singing men) and the sharot (singing women) commemorate Yoshiyahu in their laments to this day, and made them as chok + 35:25 set custom in Yisroel; and, hinei, they are written in HaKinot (the Laments).
Job 27:1Moreover Iyov continued his mashal, and said: 1
Isaiah 14:4That thou shalt take up this mashal against Melech Bavel, and say: 1 How hath the nogesh (oppressor) ceased! 1 How hast fury ceased! 1
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 →