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Mic. 2:1 in the power of their hand. Attention shifts from cities and people to those who do evil because they have the authority and ability to carry out their schemes.
Mic. 2:2 covet . . . seize . . . take . . . oppress. Taking land and property (his inheritance) from the weak was a violation of the covenant (Ex. 20:17) and a primary reason for judgment against Ahab’s house (1 Kings 21; see Mic. 6:16).
Mic. 2:3 against this family. The entire community is accountable for the sins of its leaders. a time of disaster. See Amos 5:13.
Mic. 2:4 taunt song. These oppressors had seized property from the defenseless (vv. 1–2). Now the apostate (the Assyrians?) will seize their land and they will be mocked for their losses.
Mic. 2:5 you will have none. The dishonest land-grabbers are excluded from the inheritance they denied to others (v. 2).
Mic. 2:7 The people thought that a God of grace could never bring the disaster mentioned in vv. 3–5.
Mic. 2:8–9 These acts are similar to the abuses detailed in vv. 1–5. my people . . . an enemy. The accusation of hostility is supported by three examples of enemy-like conduct in war.
Mic. 2:10 Arise and go . . . no place to rest. The uncleanness of their injustice has denied rest to others, and so the Lord demands that the people be exiled from their own place of rest.
Mic. 2:11 preach . . . of wine. The people welcomed “preaching” that emphasized overindulgence. They did not want to hear that they were violating God’s standards.
Mic. 2:12–13 The first main section ends with the Shepherd of Israel gathering his sheep into the protective fold and leading them out as their triumphant King.
Mic. 2:12 assemble . . . gather . . . set . . . like sheep. The descriptive actions portray Yahweh as a protective shepherd.
Mic. 2:13 opens the breach. The picture shifts to a king leading his army out (they break through) from an enclosed city. king . . . before them . . . Lord. The identity of the Shepherd-King who leads the people into battle is fully revealed.
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