Micah 2:5
Therefore, shalt thou have none to throw a measuring-line by lot,—in the convocation of Yahweh.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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
Cross References
Deuteronomy 23:8the sons who are born to them, of the third generation, may enter unto them in the convocation of Yahweh.
Joshua 18:4Set forth for you three men for each tribe,—that I may send them, that they may arise—and go up and down in the land—and map it out as required for their inheritance, and come in unto me.
2 Kings 17:23until that Yahweh removed Israel from his presence, according as he spake through all his servants the prophets,—and so Israel was driven away from off their own soil, to Assyria, until this day.
Nehemiah 7:61And, these, are they who came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer,—but they could not tell their ancestral house, nor their seed, whether, of Israel, they were:
Hosea 9:3They shall not dwell in the land of Yahweh, but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and, in Assyria—that which is unclean, shall they eat.
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 →