Micah 2:3

the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.

Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6.

this family. Compare Amos 3:1.

I devise. The contrast to Micah 2:1.

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

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Such had been their habitual doings. They had done all this, he says, as one continuous act, up to that time. They were habitually devisers of iniq...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Social Injustice and its Penalty. The prophet denounces those for whom might is right ( Psalms 36:4 ; and work evil seems a thoughtless scribal add...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet shows now that the avaricious were in vain elevated by their frauds and rapacity, because their hope would be disappointed; for God...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 haught...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For this time is evil— For an evil time shall that be.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 ha...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Sins that Bring Ruin Micah 2:3 , as dealing with the same subject, should be read together. Micah now enumerates the sins which must bring p...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This family ] cp. 'The whole family which I brought up out of the land of Egypt' ( Amos 3:1 ). I devise ] as contrasted with their devising ( Micah...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

I devise an evil. — As they devise evil against their brethren, so am I devising an evil against them: they shall bow their necks under a hostile y...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE PROPHET OF THE POOR Micah 2:1-13 ; Micah 3:1-12 WE have proved Micah's love for his countryside in the effusion of his heart upon her vill...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Following this the prophet states the cause of the imminent judgment. The sin consists in devising evil at night and practicing it in the morning, an...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

When we consider the Lord's dealings with Israel, we cannot sufficiently lament their depravity. Other nations of the earth, which knew not the Lord,...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

GOD’S MESSAGE IN EVIL TIMES ‘Thus saith the Lord.’ Micah 2:3 I. If the former chapter deals with sins against the first table of the law, t...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Therefore thus saith the Lord, behold, against this family do I devise an evil ,.... Because of those evils of covetousness, oppression, and injusti...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 haught...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Therefore, behold, against this family do I devise evil As they devise mischief against others, so will I devise an evil against them, as a due pun...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Sins of the People. B. C. 740. 1 W...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Therefore; for this great, inhuman, cruel oppression. Thus saith the Lord; the Lord by his prophet declareth what he will do, and adviseth them to...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Sins Which Have Brought Judah's Calamity On It ( Micah 2:1-11 ). These prophecies would have been spoken well before the scenes previously dep...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] Micah 2:3 . Family ] Nation. Devise ] Cf. Micah 2:1 , “to set clearly before our eyes the jus talionis prevalent in God’s...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Micah 2:1 . Woe to them that devise iniquity they covet fields, and take them by violence. The jubilee was the happiest law that ever favoured a n...
The Biblical Illustrator

And they covet fields, and take them by violence Avarice Greed is the spring and spirit of all oppression. Here rapacious avarice is presente...
The Biblical Illustrator

Therefore, thus saith the Lord: Behold, against this family do I devise evil The great antagonist Here is Micah, the flesh child of the countr...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Micah 2:1-33 § 6. The prophet justifies his threat by recounting the sins of which the grandees and guilty. Micah 2:1 Th...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Denunciation of the Prevalent Evils
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Therefore, thus saith the Lord, Behold, against this family, upon this generation of evil-doers, do I devise an evil, He, in turn, planning how He...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Against this family — God will devise evil against their family, as they devised evil against the family of their neighbours. Haughty — You have ma...

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 evil.

Related Commentaries of Micah 2:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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