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At morning&#8217s light they carry it out because it is in their power to do it. <a href="/nlt/micah/2.htm">New Living Translation</a> What sorrow awaits you who lie awake at night, thinking up evil plans. You rise at dawn and hurry to carry them out, simply because you have the power to do so. <a href="/esv/micah/2.htm">English Standard Version</a> Woe to those who devise wickedness and work evil on their beds! When the morning dawns, they perform it, because it is in the power of their hand. <a href="/bsb/micah/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/kjv/micah/2.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/micah/2.htm">New King James Version</a> Woe to those who devise iniquity, And work out evil on their beds! At morning light they practice it, Because it is in the power of their hand. <a href="/nasb_/micah/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Woe to those who devise wrongdoing, Who practice evil on their beds! When morning comes, they do it, Because it is in the power of their hands. <a href="/nasb/micah/2.htm">NASB 1995</a> Woe to those who scheme iniquity, Who work out evil on their beds! When morning comes, they do it, For it is in the power of their hands. <a href="/nasb77/micah/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Woe to those who scheme iniquity, Who work out evil on their beds! When morning comes, they do it, For it is in the power of their hands. <a href="/lsb/micah/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Woe to those who devise wickedness, Who work out evil on their beds! When the light of the morning comes, they do it, For it is in the power of their hands. <a href="/amp/micah/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Woe (judgment is coming) to those who devise wickedness And plot evil on their beds! When morning comes, they practice evil Because it is in the power of their hands. <a href="/csb/micah/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Woe to those who dream up wickedness and prepare evil plans on their beds! At morning light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands. <a href="/hcsb/micah/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Woe to those who dream up wickedness and prepare evil plans on their beds! At morning light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands. <a href="/asv/micah/2.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/micah/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Doomed! You're doomed! At night you lie in bed, making evil plans. And when morning comes, you do what you've planned because you have the power. <a href="/erv/micah/2.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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. <a href="/gwt/micah/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> How horrible it will be for those who invent trouble and work out plans for disaster while in bed. When the morning dawns, they carry out their plans because they are able to. <a href="/gnt/micah/2.htm">Good News Translation</a> How terrible it will be for those who lie awake and plan evil! When morning comes, as soon as they have the chance, they do the evil they planned. <a href="/isv/micah/2.htm">International Standard Version</a> "Woe to those who are crafting iniquity, planning evil well into the night! When morning's light comes, they carry out their plans because they have the power to do so. <a href="/msb/micah/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/net/micah/2.htm">NET Bible</a> Those who devise sinful plans are as good as dead, those who dream about doing evil as they lie in bed. As soon as morning dawns they carry out their plans, because they have the power to do so. <a href="/nheb/micah/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil on their beds. When the morning is light, they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand. <a href="/wbt/micah/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand. <a href="/web/micah/2.htm">World English Bible</a> Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil on their beds! When the morning is light, they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/micah/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Woe [to] those devising iniquity, "" And working evil on their beds, "" In the morning light they do it, "" For their hand is—to God. <a href="/ylt/micah/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Woe to those devising iniquity, And working evil on their beds, In the light of the morning they do it, For their hand is -- to God. <a href="/slt/micah/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Wo to them purposing vanity, and working evil upon their beds! In the light of the morning they will do it because it is to the strength of their hand.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/micah/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Woe to you that devise that which is unprofitable, and work evil in your beds: in the morning light they execute it, because their hand is against God. <a href="/cpdv/micah/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Woe to you who devise useless things and who work evil in your beds. In the morning light, they undertake it, because their hand is against God. <a href="/nabre/micah/2.htm">New American Bible</a> Ah! you plotters of iniquity, who work out evil on your beds! In the morning light you carry it out for it lies within your power. <a href="/nrsvce/micah/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Alas for those who devise wickedness and evil deeds on their beds! When the morning dawns, they perform it, because it is in their power.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/micah/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> WOE to those who devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! They rise up early every morning and practice what they have devised; then they lift up their hands toward God to pray. <a href="/hpbt/micah/2.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Woe to those that are plotting fraud and they do evil on their bed, and they arise at dawn and they do the thing that they have conceived, and they lift up their hands to God!<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/micah/2.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Woe to them that devise iniquity And work evil upon their beds! When the morning is light, they execute it, Because it is in the power of their hand. <a href="/sep/micah/2.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> They meditated troubles, and wrought wickedness on their beds, and they put it in execution with the daylight; for they have not lifted up their hands to God. <a href="/parallel/micah/2-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/V9AM9A76_xQ?start=197" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/micah/2.htm">Woe to the Oppressors</a> 1<a href="/hebrew/1945.htm" title="1945: hō·w (Interjection) -- Ah! alas! ha! A prolonged form of how; oh!">Woe</a> <a href="/hebrew/2803.htm" title="2803: ḥō·šə·ḇê- (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc) -- To think, account. ">to those who devise</a> <a href="/hebrew/205.htm" title="205: ’ā·wen (N-ms) -- From an unused root perhaps meaning properly, to pant; strictly nothingness; also trouble. Vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol.">iniquity</a> <a href="/hebrew/6466.htm" title="6466: ū·p̄ō·‘ă·lê (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc) -- Do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, especially to practise.">and plot</a> <a href="/hebrew/7451.htm" title="7451: rā‘ (Adj-ms) -- Bad, evil. From ra'a'; bad or evil.">evil</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/4904.htm" title="4904: miš·kə·ḇō·w·ṯām (N-mpc:: 3mp) -- Place of lying, a couch, act of lying. From shakab; a bed; abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercourse.">their beds!</a> <a href="/hebrew/1242.htm" title="1242: hab·bō·qer (Art:: N-ms) -- Morn- ing. From baqar; properly, dawn; generally, morning.">At morning’s</a> <a href="/hebrew/216.htm" title="216: bə·’ō·wr (Prep-b:: N-csc) -- A light. From 'owr; illumination or luminary.">light</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ya·‘ă·śū·hā (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp:: 3fs) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">they accomplish it</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">because</a> <a href="/hebrew/410.htm" title="410: lə·’êl (Prep-l:: N-msc) -- God, in pl. gods. Shortened from 'ayil; strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty.">the power</a> <a href="/hebrew/3426.htm" title="3426: yeš- (Adv) -- Being, substance, existence, is. ">is</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: yā·ḏām (N-fsc:: 3mp) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">in their hands.</a> 2They covet fields and seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of his home, a fellow man of his inheritance.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/isaiah/5-8.htm">Isaiah 5:8</a> 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. <a href="/isaiah/10-1.htm">Isaiah 10:1-2</a> 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. <a href="/habakkuk/2-9.htm">Habakkuk 2:9-12</a> Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, to place his nest on high and escape the hand of disaster! / You have plotted shame for your house by cutting off many peoples and forfeiting your life. / For the stones will cry out from the wall, and the rafters will echo it from the woodwork. ... <a href="/amos/8-4.htm">Amos 8:4-6</a> 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!” <a href="/james/5-1.htm">James 5:1-6</a> 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. ... <a href="/proverbs/6-16.htm">Proverbs 6:16-19</a> There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him: / haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, / a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil, ... <a href="/jeremiah/22-13.htm">Jeremiah 22:13-17</a> “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, / who says, ‘I will build myself a great palace, with spacious upper rooms.’ So he cuts windows in it, panels it with cedar, and paints it with vermilion. / Does it make you a king to excel in cedar? Did not your father have food and drink? He administered justice and righteousness, and so it went well with him. ... <a href="/ezekiel/22-29.htm">Ezekiel 22:29</a> 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. <a href="/isaiah/59-6.htm">Isaiah 59:6-8</a> Their cobwebs cannot be made into clothing, and they cannot cover themselves with their works. Their deeds are sinful deeds, and acts of violence are in their hands. / Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake. / The way of peace they have not known, and there is no justice in their tracks. They have turned them into crooked paths; no one who treads on them will know peace. <a href="/zephaniah/1-9.htm">Zephaniah 1:9</a> On that day I will punish all who leap over the threshold, who fill the house of their master with violence and deceit. <a href="/matthew/23-14.htm">Matthew 23:14</a> 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. <a href="/luke/12-15.htm">Luke 12:15</a> And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” <a href="/1_timothy/6-9.htm">1 Timothy 6:9-10</a> Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction. / For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows. <a href="/psalms/36-4.htm">Psalm 36:4</a> Even on his bed he plots wickedness; he sets himself on a path that is not good; he fails to reject evil. <a href="/isaiah/32-7.htm">Isaiah 32:7</a> The weapons of the scoundrel are destructive; he hatches plots to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil on their beds! when the morning is light, they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand.Cir.<a href="/esther/3-8.htm">Esther 3:8</a> And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit to suffer them.<a href="/esther/5-14.htm">Esther 5:14</a> Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.<a href="/esther/9-25.htm">Esther 9:25</a> But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.work.<a href="/psalms/36-4.htm">Psalm 36:4</a> He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.<a href="/proverbs/4-16.htm">Proverbs 4:16</a> For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.when.<a href="/hosea/7-6.htm">Hosea 7:6,7</a> For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire… <a href="/matthew/27-1.htm">Matthew 27:1,2</a> When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death: … <a href="/mark/15-1.htm">Mark 15:1</a> And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate.because.<a href="/genesis/31-29.htm">Genesis 31:29</a> It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.<a href="/deuteronomy/28-32.htm">Deuteronomy 28:32</a> Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long: and there shall be no might in thine hand.<a href="/proverbs/3-27.htm">Proverbs 3:27</a> Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/amos/6-4.htm">Beds</a> <a href="/amos/6-10.htm">Carry</a> <a href="/daniel/9-11.htm">Curse</a> <a href="/hosea/10-15.htm">Dawns</a> <a href="/proverbs/14-22.htm">Designers</a> <a href="/amos/6-5.htm">Devise</a> <a href="/ezekiel/11-2.htm">Devising</a> <a href="/micah/1-12.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/joel/3-2.htm">Execute</a> <a href="/jonah/4-11.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/jonah/3-8.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/hosea/14-2.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/amos/8-9.htm">Light</a> <a href="/jonah/4-7.htm">Morning</a> <a href="/psalms/65-8.htm">Morning's</a> <a href="/daniel/11-17.htm">Perform</a> <a href="/amos/3-7.htm">Plan</a> <a href="/hosea/7-15.htm">Plot</a> <a href="/amos/6-13.htm">Power</a> <a href="/hosea/7-1.htm">Practice</a> <a href="/hosea/7-4.htm">Practise</a> <a href="/ezekiel/38-10.htm">Scheme</a> <a href="/jonah/1-2.htm">Wickedness</a> <a href="/amos/6-1.htm">Wo</a> <a href="/amos/6-4.htm">Woe</a> <a href="/jonah/4-10.htm">Work</a> <a href="/jonah/1-13.htm">Working</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/mark/6-55.htm">Beds</a> <a href="/zechariah/5-10.htm">Carry</a> <a href="/micah/2-6.htm">Curse</a> <a href="/2_peter/1-19.htm">Dawns</a> <a href="/proverbs/14-22.htm">Designers</a> <a href="/micah/2-3.htm">Devise</a> <a href="/micah/2-3.htm">Devising</a> <a href="/micah/2-3.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/micah/5-15.htm">Execute</a> <a href="/micah/3-8.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/micah/5-7.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/micah/3-10.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/micah/7-8.htm">Light</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-3.htm">Morning</a> <a href="/leviticus/9-17.htm">Morning's</a> <a href="/micah/7-20.htm">Perform</a> <a href="/micah/4-12.htm">Plan</a> <a href="/nahum/1-9.htm">Plot</a> <a href="/micah/3-8.htm">Power</a> <a href="/zechariah/7-9.htm">Practice</a> <a href="/matthew/5-19.htm">Practise</a> <a href="/acts/5-38.htm">Scheme</a> <a href="/micah/3-10.htm">Wickedness</a> <a href="/nahum/3-1.htm">Wo</a> <a href="/micah/7-1.htm">Woe</a> <a href="/micah/5-13.htm">Work</a> <a href="/habakkuk/1-5.htm">Working</a><div class="vheading2">Micah 2</div>1. <a href="/micah/2-1.htm">Against oppression.</a> 4. <a href="/micah/2-4.htm">A lamentation.</a> 7. <a href="/micah/2-7.htm">A reproof of injustice and idolatry.</a> 12. <a href="/micah/2-12.htm">A promise to restore Jacob.</a> </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'; 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This phrase begins with a pronouncement of "woe," a term often used by prophets to signal impending judgment or disaster. The focus is on those who "devise iniquity," indicating a premeditated and intentional planning of wrongdoing. The imagery of plotting "on their beds" suggests that these individuals are consumed by their schemes even in their private moments, highlighting the depth of their moral corruption. This reflects a broader biblical theme where the heart and mind are the sources of sin (<a href="/jeremiah/17-9.htm">Jeremiah 17:9</a>). The cultural context of ancient Israel was one where leaders and influential figures often abused their power for personal gain, a theme echoed in other prophetic books like Amos and Isaiah. The phrase also serves as a warning against complacency in sin, as it is not merely the act but the intent that is condemned.At morning’s light they accomplish it The transition from night to morning signifies the movement from planning to action. The phrase "at morning’s light" suggests a deliberate and calculated execution of their plans, indicating that these individuals are not acting impulsively but with intent and purpose. In the ancient Near Eastern context, morning was often the time for legal and business activities, implying that these acts of iniquity are carried out in the public sphere, affecting the community at large. This reflects the biblical principle that sin, though conceived in secret, often manifests openly (<a href="/luke/12-3.htm">Luke 12:3</a>). The prophetic literature frequently condemns the leaders of Israel for their public injustices, as seen in the actions of figures like King Ahab and Queen Jezebel.because the power is in their hands. This phrase highlights the abuse of power and authority. The individuals in question have the means and opportunity to carry out their evil plans, underscoring a theme of social injustice prevalent in the prophetic writings. The phrase suggests a societal structure where power is concentrated in the hands of a few, often leading to exploitation and oppression of the vulnerable, a situation condemned by prophets like Isaiah and Jeremiah. Theologically, this reflects the fallen nature of humanity and the corrupting influence of power, as seen in the narrative of the Tower of Babel (<a href="/genesis/11.htm">Genesis 11:1-9</a>). The misuse of power contrasts with the biblical ideal of leadership exemplified by Jesus Christ, who used His authority to serve and uplift others (<a href="/mark/10-45.htm">Mark 10:45</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/m/micah.htm">Micah</a> A prophet from Moresheth, who prophesied during the reigns of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. He is known for his messages of judgment and hope. 2. <a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a> The southern kingdom of Israel, where Micah directed much of his prophecy. The people of Judah were often the subject of his warnings against social injustice and idolatry. 3. <a href="/topical/e/evildoers.htm">Evildoers</a> Individuals in positions of power who devise and execute plans of iniquity and oppression, as described in this verse. 4. <a href="/topical/b/beds.htm">Beds</a> Symbolic of a place of rest and privacy, where these evildoers plot their schemes, indicating premeditated sin. 5. <a href="/topical/m/morning.htm">Morning</a> Represents the time when these plans are executed, highlighting the transition from thought to action.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_premeditated_sin.htm">The Danger of Premeditated Sin</a> Sin often begins in the heart and mind before it is acted upon. We must guard our thoughts and intentions, aligning them with God's righteousness. <a href="/topical/t/the_responsibility_of_power.htm">The Responsibility of Power</a> Those in positions of authority have a responsibility to use their power for good, not for oppression or personal gain. We should pray for leaders to act justly and righteously. <a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_injustice.htm">The Consequences of Injustice</a> God sees and judges the actions of those who exploit and harm others. We are called to stand against injustice and advocate for the vulnerable. <a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a> Micah's message is a call to repentance. We must examine our lives for areas where we may be complicit in injustice or sin and seek God's forgiveness and transformation.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_micah_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Micah 2</a> <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> <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> <a href="/q/what_is_the_mystery_of_iniquity.htm">What does the mystery of iniquity truly mean?</a> <a href="/q/bible's_view_on_exploiting_others.htm">What does the Bible say about exploiting others?</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>II.(1) Woe to them that devise.--The prophet proceeds to denounce the sins for which the country was to receive condign punishment at the hands of God. There is a gradation in the terms employed: they mark the deliberate character of the acts: there were no extenuating circumstances. In the night they formed the plan, they thought it out upon their beds, and carried it out into execution in the morning. So also the gradually increasing intercourse with the wicked is described, as reaching its culmination, in the first Psalm: Walking with the ungodly leads to standing among sinners, and at last sitting habitually in the seat of the scornful.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/micah/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 1-5. ? § 6. The prophet justifies his threat by recounting the sins of which the grandees and guilty. Verse 1. - The prophet, himself one of the people, first inveighs against the sins of injustice and oppression of the poor. Devise... work... practise. A gradation. They are not led into these sins by others; they themselves conceive the evil purpose in their own heart; then they prepare and mature their scheme by reflection; then they proceed to execute it. Work evil; i.e. prepare the means for carrying out their conception (comp <a href="/isaiah/41-4.htm">Isaiah 41:4</a>). Upon their beds. At night, the natural time for reflection (comp. <a href="/job/4-13.htm">Job 4:13</a>; <a href="/psalms/4-4.htm">Psalm 4:4</a>; <a href="/psalms/36-4.htm">Psalm 36:4</a>). Is light. Far from shrinking from the light of day in putting into effect their evil projects, they set about their accomplishment as soon as ever the morning allows them. Because it is in the power of their hand. Their might makes their right. (For the phrase, comp. <a href="/genesis/31-29.htm">Genesis 31:29</a>; <a href="/proverbs/3-27.htm">Proverbs 3:27</a>.) As the word el may be taken to mean "God" as well as "power," some render here, "For their hand is their god," comparing the boast of Mezentius in Virgil, 'AEneid,' 10:773 - "Dextra mihi Deus et telum quod missile libro." The Vulgate has, Quoniam contra Deum est manus eorum; LXX., Διότιοὐκ η΅ραν πρὸς τὸν Θεὸν χεῖρας αὐτῶν, Because they lifted not up their hands unto God." So the Syriac, with the omission of the negative. <a href="/commentaries/micah/2-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Woe ה֧וֹי (hō·w) Interjection <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1945.htm">Strong's 1945: </a> Ah! alas! ha! to those who devise חֹֽשְׁבֵי־ (ḥō·šə·ḇê-) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2803.htm">Strong's 2803: </a> To think, account iniquity אָ֛וֶן (’ā·wen) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_205.htm">Strong's 205: </a> Strictly nothingness, trouble, vanity, wickedness, an idol and plot וּפֹ֥עֲלֵי (ū·p̄ō·‘ă·lê) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6466.htm">Strong's 6466: </a> To do, make, to practise evil רָ֖ע (rā‘) Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7451.htm">Strong's 7451: </a> Bad, evil on עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against their beds! מִשְׁכְּבוֹתָ֑ם (miš·kə·ḇō·w·ṯām) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4904.htm">Strong's 4904: </a> Place of lying, a couch, act of lying At morning's הַבֹּ֙קֶר֙ (hab·bō·qer) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1242.htm">Strong's 1242: </a> Dawn, morning light בְּא֤וֹר (bə·’ō·wr) Preposition-b | Noun - common singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_216.htm">Strong's 216: </a> Illumination, luminary they accomplish it יַעֲשׂ֔וּהָ (ya·‘ă·śū·hā) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make because כִּ֥י (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction the power לְאֵ֖ל (lə·’êl) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_410.htm">Strong's 410: </a> Strength -- as adjective, mighty, the Almighty is יֶשׁ־ (yeš-) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3426.htm">Strong's 3426: </a> Being, substance, existence, is in their hands. יָדָֽם׃ (yā·ḏām) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> A hand <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/micah/2-1.htm">Micah 2:1 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/micah/2-1.htm">Micah 2:1 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/micah/2-1.htm">Micah 2:1 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/micah/2-1.htm">Micah 2:1 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/micah/2-1.htm">Micah 2:1 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/micah/2-1.htm">Micah 2:1 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/micah/2-1.htm">Micah 2:1 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/micah/2-1.htm">Micah 2:1 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/micah/2-1.htm">Micah 2:1 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/micah/2-1.htm">Micah 2:1 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/micah/2-1.htm">OT Prophets: Micah 2:1 Woe to those who devise iniquity (Mc Mic. 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