Micah 2:5
in Micah 2Therefore, you will have no one in the assembly of the LORD to divide the land by lot.
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ASV
Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast the line by lot in the assembly of Jehovah.
KJV
Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord by lot in the congregation of the Lord.
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This verse in Micah 2
Commentary
7 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Therefore thou shalt have none that shall east a cord by lot in the congregation of the Lord - Thou, in the first instance, is the impenitent Jew of that day. God had promised by Hosea to restore Judah; shortly after, the prophet himself foretells it Mic 2:12. Now he forewarns these and such as these, that they would have no portion in it. They had “neither part nor lot in this matter” Act 8:
This site's exposition
against this family do I devise an evil
on Micah 2:3-5
The Lord answers the schemers in their own vocabulary, devising an evil against this family in exchange for the evil they devised, a measure-for-measure judgment the prophets use often. Verse 4 pictures the mockery that will follow, a doleful parable sung over the fallen landowners, we be utterly spoiled, our fields divided away from us by another, the very reversal they inflicted on their victims now inflicted on them. Verse 5 makes the loss permanent under the old land law: none shall cast a cord by lot to remeasure an inheritance in the congregation of the Lord, because the family holding it will be gone.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Chapter 2—Verse 1 onwards) Woe to those who devise wickedness and work evil upon their beds! In the morning light they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand. They covet fields, and seize them; houses, and take them away; they oppress a man and his house, a man and his inheritance. Therefore thus says the Lord: Behold, I am devising against this family an evil from which you cannot remove your necks, and you shall not walk haughtily, for it will be an evil time.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
11 If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people. Here are two sins charged upon the people of Israel, and judgments denounced against them for each, such judgments as exactly answer the sin--persecuting God's prophets and oppressing God's poor.
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The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
By covetousness and violence (Mic 2:2) they had forfeited "the portion of Jehovah's people." This is God's implied answer to their complaint of injustice (Mic 2:4).
None that shall cast a cord - You will no more have your inheritance divided to you by lot, as it was to your fathers; ye shall neither have fields nor possessions of any kind.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לָכֵן֙ | lakhen | <to> therefore | H3651 → | 771 times |
| לֹֽא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יִֽהְיֶ֣ה | yihyeh | he will belong | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| לְךָ֔ | lekha | to you | ||
| מַשְׁלִ֥יךְ | mashlikh | [one who] casts | H7993 → | |
| חֶ֖בֶל | chevel | a measuring-line | H2256 → | |
| בְּגוֹרָ֑ל | begoral | by lot | H1486 → | |
| בִּקְהַ֖ל | bikhal | in [the] assembly of | H6951 → | |
| יְהוָֽה׃ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
לָכֵן֙<to> therefore
lakhenH3651 →771 times
לֹֽא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
יִֽהְיֶ֣הhe will belong
yihyehH1961 →3559 times
לְךָ֔to you
lekha
מַשְׁלִ֥יךְ[one who] casts
mashlikhH7993 →
חֶ֖בֶלa measuring-line
chevelH2256 →
בְּגוֹרָ֑לby lot
begoralH1486 →
בִּקְהַ֖לin [the] assembly of
bikhalH6951 →
יְהוָֽה׃Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Deuteronomy 32:8When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when He divided the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God.
it leads to
- Acts 17:26
From one man He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands.
- Genesis 11:8–9
So the LORD scattered them from there over the face of all the earth, and they stopped building the city.
- Acts 17:26
Through
Hosea 9:3They will not remain in the land of the LORD; Ephraim will return to Egypt and eat unclean food in Assyria.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 4:13
Then the LORD said, “This is how the Israelites will eat their defiled bread among the nations to which I will banish them.”
- Hosea 8:13
Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to Me, and though they eat the meat, the LORD does not accept them. Now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins: They will return to…
- Leviticus 25:23
The land must not be sold permanently, because it is Mine, and you are but foreigners and residents with Me.
- Ezekiel 4:13
Through
Joshua 18:10And Joshua cast lots for them in the presence of the LORD at Shiloh, where he distributed the land to the Israelites according to their divisions.
it leads to
- Colossians 1:12
giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light.
- Joshua 18:6
When you have mapped out the seven portions of land and brought it to me, I will cast lots for you here in the presence of the LORD our God.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Colossians 1:12
Through
Deuteronomy 23:2No one of illegitimate birth may enter the assembly of the LORD, nor may any of his descendants, even to the tenth generation.
it leads to
- Zechariah 9:6
A mixed race will occupy Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.
- Zechariah 9:6
Where this verse is studied
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About Micah
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Edward Bouverie Pusey, The Minor Prophets: A Commentary; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Micah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.