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Micah 2:4

Judgment

2 They covet fields and seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of his home, a fellow man of his inheritance.

3 Therefore this is what the LORD says: “I am planning against this nation a disaster from which you cannot free your necks. Then you will not walk so proudly, for it will be a time of calamity.

In that day they will take up a proverb against you and taunt you with this bitter lamentation: ‘We are utterly ruined! He has changed the portion of my people. How He has removed it from me! He has allotted our fields to traitors.’”

5 Therefore, you will have no one in the assembly of the LORD to divide the land by lot.

6 “Do not preach,” they preach. “Do not preach these things; disgrace will not overtake us.”

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
In that day they will take up a proverb against you and taunt you with this bitter lamentation: ‘We are utterly ruined! He has changed the portion of my people. How He has removed it from me! He has allotted our fields to traitors.’”
KJV
In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! turning away he hath divided our fields.
WEB
In that day they will take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, saying, ‘We are utterly ruined! My people’s possession is divided up. Indeed he takes it from me and assigns our fields to traitors!’”
ASV
In that day shall they take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, [and] say, We are utterly ruined: he changeth the portion of my people: how doth he remove [it] from me! to the rebellious he divideth our fields.
DARBY
In that day shall they take up a proverb concerning you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, [and] say, We are utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! He hath distributed our fields to the rebellious.
BLB
On that day he will take up over you⁺ a taunt, and will wail loudly, and say, ‘We are We are utterly ruined! The portion of my people He has changed—how He has removed [it] from me, [and] to a backturner He has divided our fields!’”
ÅB
På den dagen skal de stemme i en spottvise over dere
og synge en klagesang.
De skal si: «Det er forbi, vi er helt ødelagt.
Arvelodden til folket mitt bytter han bort.
Hvordan han tar den fra meg!
Til de frafalne[^1] deler han ut jordene våre.»
OTB
På den dagen skal de stemme i mot dere en hånsang
Og fremføre en klagesang og si,
‘Vi er fullstendig ødelagt!
Han bytter bort mitt folks del;
Hvordan fjerner Han den fra meg!
Til den frafalne deler Han ut våre marker.’
B1930
På den dag skal folk istemme en spottevise over eder og synge en klagesang. De skal si: Det er forbi, vi er rent ødelagt; mitt folks arvelodd skifter han ut til andre, se, hvorledes han tar den fra mig! Til frafalne deler han ut våre jorder. / < d.e. hedninger.>

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Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Habakkuk 2:6

    Will not all of these take up a taunt against him, speaking with mockery and derision: ‘Woe to him who amasses what is not his and makes himself rich with many loans! How long will this go on?’

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  • Jeremiah 9:17–21

    This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Take note, and summon the wailing women; send for the most skillful among them.

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  • Micah 1:15

    I will again bring a conqueror against you, O dweller of Mareshah. The glory of Israel will come to Adullam.

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  • Jeremiah 9:10

    I will take up a weeping and wailing for the mountains, a dirge over the wilderness pasture, for they have been scorched so no one passes through, and the lowing of cattle is not heard. Both the birds of the air and the beasts have fled; they have gone away.

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  • Isaiah 24:3

    The earth will be utterly laid waste and thoroughly plundered. For the LORD has spoken this word.

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  • Isaiah 6:11

    Then I asked: “How long, O Lord?” And He replied: “Until the cities lie ruined and without inhabitant, until the houses are left unoccupied and the land is desolate and ravaged,

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  • Deuteronomy 28:29

    and at noon you will grope about like a blind man in the darkness. You will not prosper in your ways. Day after day you will be oppressed and plundered, with no one to save you.

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  • Numbers 23:7

    And Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Balak brought me from Aram, the king of Moab from the mountains of the east. ‘Come,’ he said, ‘put a curse on Jacob for me; come and denounce Israel!’

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