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Micah 2

Mic. 2:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Woe
howy (Hebrew #1945)
oh!
KJV usage: ah, alas, ho, O, woe.
Pronounce: hoh'ee
Origin: a prolonged form of 1930 (akin to 188)
to them that devise
chashab (Hebrew #2803)
properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (gen.) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, regard, value, compute
KJV usage: (make) account (of), conceive, consider, count, cunning (man, work, workman), devise, esteem, find out, forecast, hold, imagine, impute, invent, be like, mean, purpose, reckon(-ing be made), regard, think.
Pronounce: khaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
iniquity
'aven (Hebrew #205)
strictly nothingness; also trouble. vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol
KJV usage: affliction, evil, false, idol, iniquity, mischief, mourners(-ing), naught, sorrow, unjust, unrighteous, vain ,vanity, wicked(-ness). Compare 369.
Pronounce: aw-ven'
Origin: from an unused root perhaps meaning properly, to pant (hence, to exert oneself, usually in vain; to come to naught)
, and work
pa`al (Hebrew #6466)
to do or make (systematically and habitually), especially to practise
KJV usage: commit, (evil-) do(-er), make(-r), ordain, work(-er).
Pronounce: paw-al'
Origin: a primitive root
evil
ra` (Hebrew #7451)
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
KJV usage: adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, + displease(-ure), distress, evil((- favouredness), man, thing), + exceedingly, X great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), + mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, + not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
Pronounce: rah
Origin: from 7489
upon their beds
mishkab (Hebrew #4904)
a bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercourse
KJV usage: bed((-chamber)), couch, lieth (lying) with.
Pronounce: mish-kawb'
Origin: from 7901
p! when the morning
boqer (Hebrew #1242)
properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning
KJV usage: (+) day, early, morning, morrow.
Pronounce: bo'-ker
Origin: from 1239
is light
'owr (Hebrew #216)
illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
KJV usage: bright, clear, + day, light (-ning), morning, sun.
Pronounce: ore
Origin: from 215
, they practise
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
it, because it is
yesh (Hebrew #3426)
entity; used adverbially or as a copula for the substantive verb (1961); there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection)
KJV usage: (there) are, (he, it, shall, there, there may, there shall, there should) be, thou do, had, hast, (which) hath, (I, shalt, that) have, (he, it, there) is, substance, it (there) was, (there) were, ye will, thou wilt, wouldest.
Pronounce: yaysh
Origin: perhaps from an unused root meaning to stand out, or exist
in the power
'el (Hebrew #410)
strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity)
KJV usage: God (god), X goodly, X great, idol, might(-y one), power, strong. Compare names in "-el."
Pronounce: ale
Origin: shortened from 352
of their hand
yad (Hebrew #3027)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows)
KJV usage: (+ be) able, X about, + armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, X bounty, + broad, (broken-)handed, X by, charge, coast, + consecrate, + creditor, custody, debt, dominion, X enough, + fellowship, force, X from, hand(-staves, -y work), X he, himself, X in, labour, + large, ledge, (left-)handed, means, X mine, ministry, near, X of, X order, ordinance, X our, parts, pain, power, X presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, + swear, terror, X thee, X by them, X themselves, X thine own, X thou, through, X throwing, + thumb, times, X to, X under, X us, X wait on, (way-)side, where, + wide, X with (him, me, you), work, + yield, X yourselves.
Pronounce: yawd
Origin: a primitive word
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Hos. 7:6• 6For they have applied their heart like an oven to their lying in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth like a flaming fire. (Hos. 7:6)

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-3:  Against oppression.
4-6:  A lamentation.
7-11:  A reproof of injustice and idolatry.
12-13:  A promise of restoring Jacob.
Cir. A.M. 3274.
B.C. 730.
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Esther 3:8• 8And Haman said to king Ahasuerus, There is a people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from those of every people, and they keep not the king's laws; and it is not for the king's profit to suffer them. (Esther 3:8)
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Esther 5:14• 14Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends to him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak to the king that Mordecai may be hanged on it: then go in merrily with the king to the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made. (Esther 5:14)
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Esther 9:25• 25and when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he had devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head; and they hanged him and his sons on the gallows. (Esther 9:25)
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Psa. 7:14‑16• 14Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, yea, he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood:
 15He digged a pit, and hollowed it out, and is fallen into the hole that he made.
 16His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violence shall come down upon his own pate. (Psa. 7:14‑16)
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Psa. 140:1‑8• 1To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Free me, O Jehovah, from the evil man; preserve me from the violent man:
 2Who devise mischiefs in their heart; every day are they banded together for war.
 3They sharpen their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.
 4Keep me, O Jehovah, from the hands of the wicked man, preserve me from the violent man, who devise to overthrow my steps.
 5The proud have hidden a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the way-side; they have set traps for me. Selah.
 6I have said unto Jehovah, Thou art my *God: give ear, O Jehovah, to the voice of my supplications.
 7Jehovah, the Lord, is the strength of my salvation: thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.
 8Grant not, O Jehovah, the desire of the wicked; further not his device: they would exalt themselves. Selah. (Psa. 140:1‑8)
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Prov. 6:12‑19• 12A man of Belial, a wicked person, is he that goeth about with a perverse mouth;
 13he winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;
 14deceits are in his heart; he deviseth mischief at all times, he soweth discords.
 15Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly: in a moment shall he be broken, and without remedy.
 16These six things doth Jehovah hate, yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
 17haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood;
 18a heart that deviseth wicked imaginations; feet that are swift in running to mischief;
 19a false witness that uttereth lies, and he that soweth discords among brethren. (Prov. 6:12‑19)
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Prov. 12:2• 2A good man obtaineth favour of Jehovah; but a man of mischievous devices will he condemn. (Prov. 12:2)
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Isa. 32:7• 7The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the meek with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right. (Isa. 32:7)
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Isa. 59:3• 3For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips speak lies, your tongue muttereth unrighteousness: (Isa. 59:3)
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Jer. 18:18• 18And they said, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor word from the prophet. Come and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words. (Jer. 18:18)
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Ezek. 11:2• 2And he said unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise iniquity, and give wicked counsel in this city: (Ezek. 11:2)
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Nah. 1:11• 11Out of thee is gone forth one that imagineth evil against Jehovah, a wicked counsellor. (Nah. 1:11)
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Luke 20:19• 19And the chief priests and the scribes sought the same hour to lay hands on him, and they feared the people; for they knew that he had spoken this parable of them. (Luke 20:19)
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Luke 22:2‑6• 2and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people.
 3And Satan entered into Judas, who was surnamed Iscariote, being of the number of the twelve.
 4And he went away and spoke with the chief priests and captains as to how he should deliver him up to them.
 5And they were rejoiced, and agreed to give him money.
 6And he came to an agreement to do it, and sought an opportunity to deliver him up to them away from the crowd. (Luke 22:2‑6)
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Acts 23:12• 12And when it was day, the Jews, having banded together, put themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they should kill Paul. (Acts 23:12)
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Rom. 1:30• 30back-biters, hateful to God, insolent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, (Rom. 1:30)
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Psa. 36:4• 4He deviseth wickedness up on his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good: he abhorreth not evil. (Psa. 36:4)
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Prov. 4:16• 16For they sleep not except they have done mischief, and their sleep is taken away unless they have caused some to fall. (Prov. 4:16)
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Hos. 7:6‑7• 6For they have applied their heart like an oven to their lying in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth like a flaming fire.
 7They are all hot as an oven, and devour their judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me. (Hos. 7:6‑7)
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Matt. 27:1‑2• 1And when it was morning all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus so that they might put him to death.
 2And having bound him they led him away, and delivered him up to Pontius Pilate, the governor. (Matt. 27:1‑2)
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Mark 15:1• 1And immediately in the morning the chief priests, having taken counsel with the elders and scribes and the whole sanhedrim, bound Jesus and carried him away, and delivered him up to Pilate. (Mark 15:1)
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Acts 23:15• 15Now therefore do ye with the council make a representation to the chiliarch so that he may bring him down to you, as about to determine more precisely what concerns him, and we, before he draws near, are ready to kill him. (Acts 23:15)
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Gen. 31:29• 29It would be in the power of my hand to do you hurt; but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, Take care that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad. (Gen. 31:29)
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Deut. 28:32• 32Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and languish for them all the day long; and there shall be no power in thy hand to help it. (Deut. 28:32)
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Prov. 3:27• 27Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thy hand to do it. (Prov. 3:27)
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John 19:11• 11Jesus answered, Thou hadst no authority whatever against me if it were not given to thee from above. On this account he that has delivered me up to thee has the greater sin. (John 19:11)
• Now the law claims in natural righteousness, and deals with the want of it. What therefore they failed in was the practical answer to natural righteousness. But the Christian, even supposing he were ever so righteous in natural duties, is far from rising up to the standard which becomes a Christian. We have to walk according to Christ in spiritual things as well as in natural. (“Micah 2” by W. Kelly)
• The next two chapters disclose the moral causes of God’s judgment on His people through the Assyrian. (“The Prophecies of Micah” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Woe to them that devise iniquity and workq evil upon their beds! When the morning is light they practise it, because it is in the power of their handr.

JND Translation Notes

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See Note m, Ps. 5.5.
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Or "because for them their hand is God (El)." see Prov. 3.27.