Micah 2:3
Therefore,—Thus, saith Yahweh, Behold me! devising, against this family, a calamity,—from which ye shall not remove your neck, neither shall ye walk loftily, for, a time of calamity, shall it be.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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Isaiah 2:11The lofty looks of mean men, shall be humbled, And, the haughtiness of great men, shall be bowed down,—And Yahweh alone shall be exalted in that day.
Isaiah 5:19Who say—Let his work quicken—let it hasten, That we may see,—And let the purpose of Israel’s Holy One, draw near and come. That we may know!
Isaiah 29:20For the tyrant, hath vanished, And the scoffer, is no more, Yea cut off are all who watch for iniquity:—
Jeremiah 13:15Hear ye and give ear, be not haughty,—For Yahweh, hath spoken.
Jeremiah 27:12Also unto Zedekiah king of Judah, spake I, according to all these words saying,-Bring your necks into the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people and live!
Jeremiah 36:23So then it came to pass when Jehudi had read three or four columns that he cut it up into fragments with a scribe’s knife, and cast them into the fire that was in the stove,—until, all the roll, was consumed on the fire that was on the stove.
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 →