Micah 2:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

iniquity. Hebrew. 'aven. App-44. Not the same word as in Micah 3:10. Note the incrimination in verses: Micah 2:1; Micah 2:2. See the Structure, p. 1253.

work. plan.

evil. wickedness. Hebrew. ra'a'. App-44.

is. exists. Hebrew. yesh. See note on Proverbs 8:21.

in the power of their hand.. Pentateuchal idiom. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 31:29). Compare Proverbs 3:27; Nehemiah 5:5. Does not occur elsewhere.

Micah 2:1

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.