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They defraud people of their homes, they rob them of their inheritance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/micah/2.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />When you want a piece of land, you find a way to seize it. When you want someone’s house, you take it by fraud and violence. You cheat a man of his property, stealing his family’s inheritance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/micah/2.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />They covet fields and seize them, and houses, and take them away; they oppress a man and his house, a man and his inheritance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/micah/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />They covet fields and seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of his home, a fellow man of his inheritance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/micah/2.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And they covet fields, and take <i>them</i> by violence; and houses, and take <i>them</i> away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/micah/2.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />They covet fields and take <i>them</i> by violence, Also houses, and seize <i>them.</i> So they oppress a man and his house, A man and his inheritance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/micah/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />They covet fields, so they seize <i>them;</i> And houses, so they take <i>them.</i> They exploit a man and his house, A person and his inheritance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/micah/2.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />They covet fields and then seize them, And houses, and take them away. They rob a man and his house, A man and his inheritance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/micah/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />They covet fields and then seize <i>them</i>, And houses, and take <i>them</i> away. They rob a man and his house, A man and his inheritance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/micah/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And they covet fields and then tear <i>them</i> away, And houses, and take <i>them</i> away. And they oppress a man and his house, A man and his inheritance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/micah/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />They covet fields and seize them, And houses, and take them away. They oppress <i>and</i> rob a man and his house, A man and his inheritance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/micah/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They covet fields and seize them; they also take houses. They deprive a man of his home, a person of his inheritance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/micah/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They covet fields and seize them; they also take houses. They deprive a man of his home, a person of his inheritance. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/micah/2.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And they covet fields, and seize them; and houses, and take them away: and they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/micah/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You grab any field or house that you want; you cheat families out of homes and land. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/micah/2.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And they covet fields, and seize them; and houses, and take them away: and they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/micah/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />They desire [other people's] fields, so they seize them. They desire [people's] houses, so they take them. They cheat a man and his family, a man and his inheritance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/micah/2.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />When they want fields, they seize them; when they want houses, they take them. No one's family or property is safe. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/micah/2.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />They covet fields and seize them; they covet houses, and grab them, too. They harass the valiant man, along with his household, an individual and his estate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/micah/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />They covet fields and seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of his home, a fellow man of his inheritance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/micah/2.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />They confiscate the fields they desire, and seize the houses they want. They defraud people of their homes, and deprive people of the land they have inherited. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/micah/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />They covet fields, and seize them; and houses, and take them away: and they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/micah/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/micah/2.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />They covet fields and seize them, and houses, then take them away. They oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/micah/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And they have desired fields, "" And they have taken violently, "" And houses, and they have taken away, "" And have oppressed a man and his house, "" Even a man and his inheritance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/micah/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And they have desired fields, And they have taken violently, And houses, and they have taken away, And have oppressed a man and his house, Even a man and his inheritance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/micah/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And they desired fields, and they took by force; and houses, and they took away: and they oppressed a man and his house, and a man and his inheritance.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/micah/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And they have coveted fields, and taken them by violence, and houses they have forcibly taken away: and oppressed a man and his house, a man and his inheritance. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/micah/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And they have desired fields and have taken them by violence, and they have stolen houses. And they have made false accusations against a man and his house, a man and his inheritance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/micah/2.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />You covet fields, and seize them; houses, and take them; You cheat owners of their houses, people of their inheritance. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/micah/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />They covet fields, and seize them; houses, and take them away; they oppress householder and house, people and their inheritance.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/micah/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />They covet fields and houses, and seize them by force; they oppress a man, taking away from him his possessions and his inheritance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/micah/2.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And they lust for fields and houses and they take them by force, and they oppress a man in his property and in his inheritance<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/micah/2.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And they covet fields, and seize them; And houses, and take them away; Thus they oppress a man and his house, Even a man and his heritage.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/micah/2.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And they desired fields, and plundered orphans, and oppressed families, and spoiled a man and his house, even a man and his inheritance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/micah/2-2.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/V9AM9A76_xQ?start=208" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/micah/2.htm">Woe to the Oppressors</a></span><br><span class="reftext">1</span>Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands. <span class="reftext">2</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/2530.htm" title="2530: wə·ḥā·mə·ḏū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To desire, take pleasure in. A primitive root; to delight in.">They covet</a> <a href="/hebrew/7704.htm" title="7704: śā·ḏō·wṯ (N-mp) -- Field, land. Or saday; from an unused root meaning to spread out; a field.">fields</a> <a href="/hebrew/1497.htm" title="1497: wə·ḡā·zā·lū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To tear away, seize, rob. A primitive root; to pluck off; specifically to flay, strip or rob.">and seize them;</a> <a href="/hebrew/5375.htm" title="5375: wə·nā·śā·’ū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- Or nacah ('abad); a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. And rel.">they take away</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: ū·ḇāt·tîm (Conj-w:: N-mp) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">houses.</a> <a href="/hebrew/6231.htm" title="6231: wə·‘ā·šə·qū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To oppress, wrong, extort. A primitive root; to press upon, i.e. Oppress, defraud, violate, overflow.">They deprive</a> <a href="/hebrew/1397.htm" title="1397: ge·ḇer (N-ms) -- Man. From gabar; properly, a valiant man or warrior; generally, a person simply.">a man</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: ū·ḇê·ṯōw (Conj-w:: N-msc:: 3ms) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">of his home,</a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: wə·’îš (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">a fellow man</a> <a href="/hebrew/5159.htm" title="5159: wə·na·ḥă·lā·ṯōw (Conj-w:: N-fsc:: 3ms) -- From nachal; properly, something inherited, i.e. occupancy, or an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion.">of his inheritance.</a> </span><span class="reftext">3</span>Therefore this is what the LORD says: “I am planning against this nation a disaster from which you cannot free your necks. Then you will not walk so proudly, for it will be a time of calamity.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/5-8.htm">Isaiah 5:8</a></span><br />Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field until no place is left and you live alone in the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/habakkuk/2-9.htm">Habakkuk 2:9</a></span><br />Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, to place his nest on high and escape the hand of disaster!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/8-4.htm">Amos 8:4-6</a></span><br />Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land, / asking, “When will the New Moon be over, that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Let us reduce the ephah and increase the shekel; let us cheat with dishonest scales. / Let us buy the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling even the chaff with the wheat!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/22-13.htm">Jeremiah 22:13</a></span><br />“Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms without justice, who makes his countrymen serve without pay, and fails to pay their wages,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/22-29.htm">Ezekiel 22:29</a></span><br />The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy and have exploited the foreign resident without justice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/5-1.htm">James 5:1-6</a></span><br />Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you. / Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes. / Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure in the last days. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/10-1.htm">Isaiah 10:1-2</a></span><br />Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and issue oppressive decrees, / to deprive the poor of fair treatment and withhold justice from the oppressed of My people, to make widows their prey and orphans their plunder.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/22-22.htm">Proverbs 22:22-23</a></span><br />Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate, / for the LORD will take up their case and will plunder those who rob them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/21-1.htm">1 Kings 21:1-16</a></span><br />Some time after these events, Naboth the Jezreelite owned a vineyard in Jezreel next to the palace of Ahab king of Samaria. / So Ahab said to Naboth, “Give me your vineyard to use as a vegetable garden, since it is next to my palace. I will give you a better vineyard in its place—or if you prefer, I will give you its value in silver.” / But Naboth replied, “The LORD forbid that I should give you the inheritance of my fathers.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/5-1.htm">Nehemiah 5:1-5</a></span><br />About that time there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews. / Some were saying, “We and our sons and daughters are numerous. We must get grain in order to eat and stay alive.” / Others were saying, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our homes to get grain during the famine.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-14.htm">Matthew 23:14</a></span><br />Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/20-46.htm">Luke 20:46-47</a></span><br />“Beware of the scribes. They like to walk around in long robes, and they love the greetings in the marketplaces, the chief seats in the synagogues, and the places of honor at banquets. / They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/3-14.htm">Isaiah 3:14-15</a></span><br />The LORD brings this charge against the elders and leaders of His people: “You have devoured the vineyard; the plunder of the poor is in your houses. / Why do you crush My people and grind the faces of the poor?” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/6-6.htm">Jeremiah 6:6</a></span><br />For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Cut down the trees and raise a siege ramp against Jerusalem. This city must be punished; there is nothing but oppression in her midst.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/46-18.htm">Ezekiel 46:18</a></span><br />The prince must not take any of the inheritance of the people by evicting them from their property. He is to provide an inheritance for his sons from his own property, so that none of My people will be displaced from his property.’”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.</p><p class="hdg">they covet.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/20-17.htm">Exodus 20:17</a></b></br> Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that <i>is</i> thy neighbour's.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/21-2.htm">1 Kings 21:2-19</a></b></br> And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it <i>is</i> near unto my house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; <i>or</i>, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/31-38.htm">Job 31:38</a></b></br> If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;</p><p class="hdg">so.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/micah/3-9.htm">Micah 3:9</a></b></br> Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/22-21.htm">Exodus 22:21-24</a></b></br> Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/9-26.htm">2 Kings 9:26</a></b></br> Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the LORD; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith the LORD. Now therefore take <i>and</i> cast him into the plat <i>of ground</i>, according to the word of the LORD.</p><p class="hdg">oppress.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/12-3.htm">1 Samuel 12:3,4</a></b></br> Behold, here I <i>am</i>: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received <i>any</i> bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/proverbs/21-26.htm">Covet</a> <a href="/obadiah/1-10.htm">Cruel</a> <a href="/hosea/12-7.htm">Defraud</a> <a href="/amos/8-11.htm">Desire</a> <a href="/hosea/6-6.htm">Desired</a> <a href="/psalms/15-3.htm">Fellowman</a> <a href="/obadiah/1-19.htm">Fields</a> <a href="/obadiah/1-13.htm">Force</a> <a href="/micah/1-15.htm">Heritage</a> <a href="/obadiah/1-3.htm">Home</a> <a href="/micah/1-10.htm">House</a> <a href="/micah/1-14.htm">Houses</a> <a href="/obadiah/1-17.htm">Inheritance</a> <a href="/amos/6-14.htm">Oppress</a> <a href="/amos/6-14.htm">Oppressed</a> <a href="/hosea/7-1.htm">Rob</a> <a href="/obadiah/1-13.htm">Seize</a> <a href="/jonah/3-8.htm">Violence</a> <a href="/daniel/7-2.htm">Violently</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/acts/20-33.htm">Covet</a> <a href="/micah/6-12.htm">Cruel</a> <a href="/mark/10-19.htm">Defraud</a> <a href="/micah/4-11.htm">Desire</a> <a href="/micah/6-8.htm">Desired</a> <a href="/psalms/15-3.htm">Fellowman</a> <a href="/micah/2-4.htm">Fields</a> <a href="/habakkuk/1-9.htm">Force</a> <a href="/micah/7-14.htm">Heritage</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-5.htm">Home</a> <a href="/micah/2-7.htm">House</a> <a href="/micah/2-9.htm">Houses</a> <a href="/micah/7-18.htm">Inheritance</a> <a href="/zechariah/7-10.htm">Oppress</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-14.htm">Oppressed</a> <a href="/micah/3-2.htm">Rob</a> <a href="/nahum/2-9.htm">Seize</a> <a href="/micah/6-12.htm">Violence</a> <a href="/micah/3-2.htm">Violently</a><div class="vheading2">Micah 2</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/micah/2-1.htm">Against oppression.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/micah/2-4.htm">A lamentation.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/micah/2-7.htm">A reproof of injustice and idolatry.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/micah/2-12.htm">A promise to restore Jacob.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/micah/2.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/micah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/micah/2.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>They covet fields and seize them;</b><br>This phrase highlights the sin of covetousness, which is condemned throughout Scripture (<a href="/exodus/20-17.htm">Exodus 20:17</a>). In the context of ancient Israel, land was a significant part of God's covenant with His people, symbolizing stability and blessing. The act of coveting and seizing fields reflects a violation of the divine order and a disregard for God's provision. This behavior was prevalent among the wealthy and powerful in Israel, who exploited the vulnerable, contrary to the laws given in <a href="/leviticus/25-23.htm">Leviticus 25:23-28</a>, which emphasized the importance of land returning to its original family during the Year of Jubilee.<p><b>they take away houses.</b><br>Taking away houses indicates a further violation of God's law, as homes were not just physical structures but represented familial heritage and security. This action shows a blatant disregard for the rights and dignity of others, reflecting the moral decay and injustice prevalent in society. The prophets, including Isaiah and Amos, frequently condemned such social injustices (<a href="/isaiah/5-8.htm">Isaiah 5:8</a>, <a href="/amos/2-6.htm">Amos 2:6-7</a>). This behavior contrasts with the teachings of Jesus, who emphasized love and respect for one's neighbor (<a href="/matthew/22-39.htm">Matthew 22:39</a>).<p><b>They deprive a man of his home,</b><br>The deprivation of a home is a severe injustice, as it strips individuals of their basic rights and security. In the ancient Near Eastern context, a home was central to one's identity and livelihood. This phrase underscores the social and economic oppression faced by the less fortunate, often at the hands of those in power. The Bible consistently calls for justice and care for the marginalized (<a href="/proverbs/31-8.htm">Proverbs 31:8-9</a>, <a href="/james/1-27.htm">James 1:27</a>).<p><b>a fellow man of his inheritance.</b><br>Inheritance was a critical aspect of Israelite society, ensuring the continuity of family lineage and economic stability. The loss of inheritance meant the loss of one's future and legacy, which was a direct affront to God's covenant promises (<a href="/numbers/27-8.htm">Numbers 27:8-11</a>). This phrase highlights the broader theme of injustice and exploitation, which the prophets vehemently opposed. The concept of inheritance also points to the spiritual inheritance believers have in Christ, who restores what is lost and offers eternal security (<a href="/ephesians/1-11.htm">Ephesians 1:11-14</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/micah.htm">Micah</a></b><br>A prophet from Moresheth, active during the reigns of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, who spoke against the injustices and idolatry of Israel and Judah.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel_and_judah.htm">Israel and Judah</a></b><br>The divided kingdoms of God's chosen people, often straying from God's commandments and facing His judgment through prophetic warnings.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_oppressors.htm">The Oppressors</a></b><br>Wealthy and powerful individuals in Israel and Judah who exploited the poor by coveting and seizing their lands and homes.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_oppressed.htm">The Oppressed</a></b><br>The common people, often poor and vulnerable, who were victims of the greed and injustice perpetrated by the powerful.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/i/inheritance.htm">Inheritance</a></b><br>A significant concept in Israelite society, referring to the land allotted to families by God, meant to be preserved through generations.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_sin_of_coveting.htm">The Sin of Coveting</a></b><br>Coveting is not merely a private sin but has social consequences, leading to actions that harm others and disrupt community harmony.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_inheritance.htm">The Importance of Inheritance</a></b><br>Inheritance in biblical terms is not just about property but about God's provision and promise to His people, meant to be respected and preserved.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_justice.htm">God's Justice</a></b><br>God sees and condemns the injustices perpetrated by the powerful against the weak, and He will hold oppressors accountable.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/call_to_righteousness.htm">Call to Righteousness</a></b><br>Believers are called to live justly, respecting others' rights and properties, and to advocate for those who are oppressed.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/contentment_and_trust.htm">Contentment and Trust</a></b><br>Christians are encouraged to find contentment in God's provision and to trust Him rather than coveting what belongs to others.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_micah_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Micah 2</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_micah_2_with_divine_mercy.htm">How do we reconcile the severity of God's threats in Micah 2 against claims of divine mercy elsewhere in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/historical_proof_of_israel_selling_righteous.htm">(Amos 2:6–7) Are there any historical records supporting the accusation that Israel sold the righteous for silver? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_verify_micah_2_1-2_injustices.htm">How can we confirm historically or archaeologically that the injustices described in Micah 2:1–2 actually occurred on a large scale? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_it_right_to_want_others'_things.htm">Is it right to desire what others possess?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/micah/2.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(2) <span class= "bld">And they covet fields.</span>--The act of Ahab and Jezebel in coveting and acquiring Naboth's vineyard by violence and murder was no isolated incident. The desire to accumulate property in land, in contravention of the Mosaic Law, was denounced by Micah's contemporary, Isaiah: "Woe unto them that join house to house. that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth" (<a href="/isaiah/5-8.htm" title="Woe to them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the middle of the earth!">Isaiah 5:8</a>)<span class= "ital">.</span><p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/micah/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 2.</span> - They carry out by open violence the fraud which they have devised and planned (comp. <a href="/isaiah/5-8.htm">Isaiah 5:8</a>; <a href="/amos/4-1.htm">Amos 4:1</a>). <span class="cmt_word">Covet fields.</span> Compare the case of Ahab and Naboth (<a href="/1_kings/21.htm">1 Kings 21</a>.). The commandment against coveting (<a href="/exodus/20-17.htm">Exodus 20:17</a>) taught the Jews that God regarded sins of thought as well as of action. The Law forbade the alienation of landed property and the transfer of estates from tribe to tribe (<a href="/leviticus/25-23.htm">Leviticus 25:23-28</a>; <a href="/numbers/36-7.htm">Numbers 36:7</a>). A rich man might buy a poor man's estate subject to the law of jubilee; but these grandees seem to have forced the sale of property, or else seized it by force or fraud. <span class="cmt_word">Oppress</span>; Vulgate, <span class="accented">calumniabantur</span>. The Hebrew word involves the idea of violence. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/micah/2-2.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">They covet</span><br /><span class="heb">וְחָמְד֤וּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḥā·mə·ḏū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2530.htm">Strong's 2530: </a> </span><span class="str2">To desire, take pleasure in</span><br /><br /><span class="word">fields</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׂדוֹת֙</span> <span class="translit">(śā·ḏō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7704.htm">Strong's 7704: </a> </span><span class="str2">Field, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and seize them,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְגָזָ֔לוּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḡā·zā·lū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1497.htm">Strong's 1497: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pluck off, to flay, strip, rob</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and they take away</span><br /><span class="heb">וְנָשָׂ֑אוּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·nā·śā·’ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5375.htm">Strong's 5375: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lift, carry, take</span><br /><br /><span class="word">houses.</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבָתִּ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇāt·tîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><br /><span class="word">They deprive</span><br /><span class="heb">וְעָֽשְׁקוּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·‘ā·šə·qū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6231.htm">Strong's 6231: </a> </span><span class="str2">To press upon, oppress, defraud, violate, overflow</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a man</span><br /><span class="heb">גֶּ֣בֶר</span> <span class="translit">(ge·ḇer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1397.htm">Strong's 1397: </a> </span><span class="str2">A valiant man, warrior, a person simply</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of his home,</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבֵית֔וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇê·ṯōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a fellow man</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאִ֖ישׁ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’îš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> </span><span class="str2">A man as an individual, a male person</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of his inheritance.</span><br /><span class="heb">וְנַחֲלָתֽוֹ׃</span> <span class="translit">(wə·na·ḥă·lā·ṯōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5159.htm">Strong's 5159: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something inherited, occupancy, an heirloom, an estate, patrimony, portion</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/micah/2-2.htm">Micah 2:2 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/micah/2-2.htm">Micah 2:2 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/micah/2-2.htm">Micah 2:2 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/micah/2-2.htm">Micah 2:2 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/micah/2-2.htm">Micah 2:2 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/micah/2-2.htm">Micah 2:2 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/micah/2-2.htm">Micah 2:2 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/micah/2-2.htm">Micah 2:2 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/micah/2-2.htm">Micah 2:2 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/micah/2-2.htm">Micah 2:2 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/micah/2-2.htm">OT Prophets: Micah 2:2 They covet fields and seize them (Mc Mic. 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