DiscipleDeck
Get started
Bible Commentary

Micah 2:3

Micah 2:3

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

The sin shall be followed by its appropriate punishment. As they devised evil, God will devise a penalty. This family. The whole people (). An evil. A chastisement, a judgment (). Ye.

The prophet suddenly addresses them, the "family." Your necks. He speaks of the calamity as a heavy, galling yoke, from which they should be unable to free themselves (comp. ). This yoke is their conquest and exile at the hands of foreigners (comp.

). Haughtily. With head erect. Septuagint, ὀρθοί. Their pride shall be brought low. This time is evil; full of calamity, which is announced in the following verses. The words occur in , but the evil there spoken of is moral (comp.

).

The Daily Devotional

One devotional. Every morning.

The full reading, the passage behind it, and where to go deeper — in your inbox before the day starts. No ads, ever.

We'll send one email to confirm it's really you. Unsubscribe in one tap, any time.

Continue tomorrow

Turn Bible study into a daily habit

Read today's devotional, save your progress, and receive a gentle daily reminder.

Read today's devotionalSave my progress

Recommended reading

More for Micah 2:3

Continue with other commentaries and DiscipleDeck content connected to this verse, chapter, or topic.

Other commentaries

Micah 2 — OverviewMicah 2 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleIn this chapter we have, I. The sins with which the people of Israel are charged--covetousness and oppression, fraudulent and violent practices (ver. 1, 2), dealing barbarously, even with women and children,…Micah 2 — OverviewMicah 2 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeMicah 2:1, Against oppression; Micah 2:4, A lamentation; Micah 2:7, A reproof of injustice and idolatry; Micah 2:12, A promise of restoring Jacob.Micah 2 — OverviewMicah 2 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleIn this chapter complaint is made of the sins of the people of Israel, and they are threatened with punishment for them. The sins they are charged with are covetousness, oppression, and injustice, which were…Micah 2:1-5Micah 2:1-5 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleHere is, I. The injustice of man contriving the evil of sin, v. 1, 2. God was coming forth against this people to destroy them, and here he shows what was the ground of his controversy with them; it is that…Micah 2:1-3Micah 2:1-3 · The Pulpit CommentaryDeliberate sins bringing predestined punishments. We see here— I. THE GENESIS OF CRIME. Three stages are described. 1. Sinful desires are cherished in the heart. These sinners "devise iniquity," think over it (Psalms…Micah 2:1-4Micah 2:1-4 · The Pulpit CommentaryAvarice. "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," etc. The prophet, in the preceding chapter, foretold…
commentaryRecommended resourceExplore this resource connected to the verse you are reading.commentaryRecommended resourceExplore this resource connected to the verse you are reading.commentaryRecommended resourceExplore this resource connected to the verse you are reading.