And they covet fields, and take them by violence, and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even man and his heritage.

Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, against this family have I devised a plague, whereout ye shall not pluck your necks, and ye shall not go so proudly, for this time is evil.

In that day shall they take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, [a]We be utterly wasted: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he taken it away to restore it unto me? he hath divided our fields.

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 2:4 Thus the Jews lament and say that there is no hope of restitution, seeing their possessions are divided among the enemies.

They covet fields(A) and seize them,(B)
    and houses, and take them.
They defraud(C) people of their homes,
    they rob them of their inheritance.(D)

Therefore, the Lord says:

“I am planning disaster(E) against this people,
    from which you cannot save yourselves.
You will no longer walk proudly,(F)
    for it will be a time of calamity.
In that day people will ridicule you;
    they will taunt you with this mournful song:
‘We are utterly ruined;(G)
    my people’s possession is divided up.(H)
He takes it from me!
    He assigns our fields to traitors.’”

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