Micah 2:5 NIrV So you won't even have anyone left in the LORD's community who can divide up the land for you.
I must include the context that leads to this sad statement.
Micah 2:3-4 NIrV So the LORD says to them, "I am planning to send trouble on you. You will not be able to save yourselves from it. You will not live so proudly anymore. It will be a time of trouble. 4) At that time people will make fun of you. They will tease you by singing a song of sadness. They will pretend to be you and say, "We are totally destroyed. Our enemies have divided up our land. The LORD has taken it away from us! He has given our fields to those who turned against us.'"
It often helps of me to break things down in a childlike manner.
Micah 2:5 NIrV So you won't even have anyone left in the LORD's community who can divide up the land for you.
Who are those who divide the land?
I suppose you could say that real estate agents do. But then, even they have to submit to county records, and then there is the county assessors office who taxes you on what you own. Maybe the bottom line is that governments divide the land. When Israel came out of Egypt God spoke through Moses, and He divided the land, we now call Israel, among the twelve tribes. Since ownership among the tribes was done away with through captivity and foreign domination, it would seem that the government has taken over.
The point is, this onslaught is so bad that there is no one left of God's people that could redistribute the land.
Have you ever endured harassment from “believers” about the things you understand and words you say?
I have, and so did Micah. Hopefully, your words are in line with scripture and not so much about your opinion, otherwise, these zealots we have to deal with could be correct in their assessments of us.
Micah 2:6 AMP) Do not preach, say the prophesying false prophets; one should not babble and harp on such things; disgrace will not overtake us [the reviling has no end].
He just as easily could have said, this is what I hear: Do not preach; one should not babble and harp on such things; disgrace will not overtake us. Micah continues with, this reviling has no end.
A “brother in Christ” and a pastor, both, at different times, pointed out that the admonition that we wait expectantly for the Lord was given well over 2000 years ago. They say Jesus is not coming back anytime soon. They both effectively told me that I should not babble and harp on such things; Jesus will not come anytime soon.
The word translated disgrace is the Hebrew word kelimmÄh: It is a feminine noun referring to disgrace, shame, humiliation. It has the meaning of embarrassment.
So, in majority, Israel, then and now, are saying they will not be overtaken by:
Do you read any of the news coming out of Israel? They are not so different from any other modern nation, as they are barraged with scandal, not only in the government, but within the priesthood of Israel; and this is not accounting for the multiple, daily attacks on citizens, police, and the military.
What is being conveyed by Micah's words is far beyond the scope of the ordinary harassment that occurs daily. Two-thirds of Israel will be killed, buildings and homes will be turned into rubble, and there will be no one left to live in them - much like Damascus.
First, I want you to see Micah 2:7 in the King James Version, as it is archaic and hard to decipher at times.
Micah 2:7 KJV O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the LORD straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?
The Modern KJV reads like this: “House of Jacob, it is said, The Spirit of Jehovah is limited if these are His doings. Do not My words do good to him who walks uprightly?”
Clearer, but I still don't get it. Well, what is the prophet trying to say?
Micah 2:7 CEV Descendants of Jacob, is it right for you to claim that the LORD did what he did because he was angry? Doesn't he always bless those who do right?
Do you really think that God cannot be angry? He warned Israel repeatedly that they should turn from their evil ways, but they did not, nor would they turn back to God. Do we think that these great countries we live in will be excluded from God's wrath? Haven't we too turned our backs on God?
God has always been relatively straightforward, spelling out the good and the bad and then giving the hearer a choice. Note what Micah/God says, “Do not My words do good to him who walks uprightly?” And they will; God's word will do good to those who follow it.
I must include the context that leads to this sad statement.
Micah 2:3-4 NIrV So the LORD says to them, "I am planning to send trouble on you. You will not be able to save yourselves from it. You will not live so proudly anymore. It will be a time of trouble. 4) At that time people will make fun of you. They will tease you by singing a song of sadness. They will pretend to be you and say, "We are totally destroyed. Our enemies have divided up our land. The LORD has taken it away from us! He has given our fields to those who turned against us.'"
It often helps of me to break things down in a childlike manner.
- I am planning to send trouble on you.
- You will not be able to save yourselves from it.
- You will not live so proudly anymore.
- It will be a time of trouble.
- At that time people will make fun of you. They will tease you by singing a song of sadness. They will pretend to be you and say, "We are totally destroyed.
- Our enemies have divided up our land.
- that breaks out and burns up something, whether people, things, or animals (Exo_22:6 [5]).
- Both idols and the golden calf were burned up by fire (Exo_32:20; Deu_7:5, Deu_7:25; Deu_12:3).
- In some cases, it was fire from the Lord which consumed sacrifices (Lev_9:24; 2Ch_7:1, 2Ch_7:3).
- It was used to depict lightning in the plagues in Egypt (Exo_9:23-24.
- The LORD has taken it away from us!
- He has given our fields to those who turned against us.”
Micah 2:5 NIrV So you won't even have anyone left in the LORD's community who can divide up the land for you.
Who are those who divide the land?
I suppose you could say that real estate agents do. But then, even they have to submit to county records, and then there is the county assessors office who taxes you on what you own. Maybe the bottom line is that governments divide the land. When Israel came out of Egypt God spoke through Moses, and He divided the land, we now call Israel, among the twelve tribes. Since ownership among the tribes was done away with through captivity and foreign domination, it would seem that the government has taken over.
The point is, this onslaught is so bad that there is no one left of God's people that could redistribute the land.
Have you ever endured harassment from “believers” about the things you understand and words you say?
I have, and so did Micah. Hopefully, your words are in line with scripture and not so much about your opinion, otherwise, these zealots we have to deal with could be correct in their assessments of us.
Micah 2:6 AMP) Do not preach, say the prophesying false prophets; one should not babble and harp on such things; disgrace will not overtake us [the reviling has no end].
He just as easily could have said, this is what I hear: Do not preach; one should not babble and harp on such things; disgrace will not overtake us. Micah continues with, this reviling has no end.
A “brother in Christ” and a pastor, both, at different times, pointed out that the admonition that we wait expectantly for the Lord was given well over 2000 years ago. They say Jesus is not coming back anytime soon. They both effectively told me that I should not babble and harp on such things; Jesus will not come anytime soon.
The word translated disgrace is the Hebrew word kelimmÄh: It is a feminine noun referring to disgrace, shame, humiliation. It has the meaning of embarrassment.
So, in majority, Israel, then and now, are saying they will not be overtaken by:
- shame
- humiliation
- embarrassment
- And of course, disgrace.
Do you read any of the news coming out of Israel? They are not so different from any other modern nation, as they are barraged with scandal, not only in the government, but within the priesthood of Israel; and this is not accounting for the multiple, daily attacks on citizens, police, and the military.
What is being conveyed by Micah's words is far beyond the scope of the ordinary harassment that occurs daily. Two-thirds of Israel will be killed, buildings and homes will be turned into rubble, and there will be no one left to live in them - much like Damascus.
First, I want you to see Micah 2:7 in the King James Version, as it is archaic and hard to decipher at times.
Micah 2:7 KJV O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the LORD straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?
The Modern KJV reads like this: “House of Jacob, it is said, The Spirit of Jehovah is limited if these are His doings. Do not My words do good to him who walks uprightly?”
Clearer, but I still don't get it. Well, what is the prophet trying to say?
- First, Micah is addressing God's people. However, I also have to take into consideration the fact that Micah is speaking under the influence of the Holy Spirit, and therefore this is God talking. Whoever the speaker is, he is addressing the House of Jacob – Since all Israel has descended from Jacob, then the speaker is talking about Israel/God's people. Keep in mind that the nation has split into two kingdoms; Israel in the North, and Judah in the South.
- What do the people say? “it is said, The Spirit of Jehovah is limited if these are His doings.” What are his doings? As stated in Micah 2:3,4 I am planning to send trouble on you. You will not be able to save yourselves from it. You will not live so proudly anymore. It will be a time of trouble. 4) At that time people will make fun of you. They will tease you by singing a song of sadness. They will pretend to be you and say, "We are totally destroyed. Our enemies have divided up our land. The LORD has taken it away from us! He has given our fields to those who turned against us.'"
Micah 2:7 CEV Descendants of Jacob, is it right for you to claim that the LORD did what he did because he was angry? Doesn't he always bless those who do right?
Do you really think that God cannot be angry? He warned Israel repeatedly that they should turn from their evil ways, but they did not, nor would they turn back to God. Do we think that these great countries we live in will be excluded from God's wrath? Haven't we too turned our backs on God?
God has always been relatively straightforward, spelling out the good and the bad and then giving the hearer a choice. Note what Micah/God says, “Do not My words do good to him who walks uprightly?” And they will; God's word will do good to those who follow it.
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