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class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/micah/2.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Therefore you will have no one in the assembly of the LORD to divide the land by lot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/micah/2.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Others will set your boundaries then, and the LORD’s people will have no say in how the land is divided.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/micah/2.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Therefore you will have none to cast the line by lot in the assembly of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/micah/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore, you will have no one in the assembly of the LORD to divide the land by lot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/micah/2.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord by lot in the congregation of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/micah/2.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Therefore you will have no one to determine boundaries by lot In the assembly of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/micah/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Therefore you will have no one applying a measuring line For you by lot in the assembly of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/micah/2.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Therefore you will have no one stretching a measuring line For you by lot in the assembly of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/micah/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Therefore, you will have no one stretching a measuring line For you by lot in the assembly of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/micah/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Therefore you will have no one stretching a measuring line For you by lot in the assembly of Yahweh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/micah/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Therefore, you will have no one stretching a measuring line [dividing the common land] For you by lot in the assembly of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/micah/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore, there will be no one in the assembly of the LORD to divide the land by casting lots.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/micah/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore, there will be no one in the assembly of the LORD to divide the land by casting lots.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/micah/2.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast the line by lot in the assembly of Jehovah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/micah/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />And so you will never again own property among the LORD's people. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/micah/2.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast the line by lot in the congregation of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/micah/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />That is why none of you in the LORD's assembly will draw lots to divide your property.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/micah/2.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />So then, when the time comes for the land to be given back to the LORD's people, there will be no share for any of you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/micah/2.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"This is why there will not be left even a single person to settle boundary disputes in the LORD's community.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/micah/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore, you will have no one in the assembly of the LORD to divide the land by lot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/micah/2.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Therefore no one will assign you land in the LORD's community. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/micah/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Therefore you will have no one who divides the land by lot in the assembly of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/micah/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord by lot in the congregation of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/micah/2.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Therefore you will have no one who divides the land by lot in Yahweh’s assembly. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/micah/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Therefore, you have no caster of a line by lot "" In the assembly of YHWH.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/micah/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Therefore, thou hast no caster of a line by lot In the assembly of Jehovah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/micah/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For this there shall not be to thee any casting a cord by lot in the convocation of Jehovah.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/micah/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast the cord of a lot in the assembly of the Lord. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/micah/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Because of this, there will be for you no casting of the cord of fate in the assembly of the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/micah/2.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Thus you shall have no one in the assembly of the LORD to allot to you a share of land. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/micah/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Therefore you will have no one to cast the line by lot in the assembly of the LORD.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/micah/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Therefore you shall have none that shall measure by the measuring line and divide by casting the lots in the congregation of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/micah/2.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Because of this you shall not have one who measures with a measuring line and divides by lots in the assembly of LORD JEHOVAH<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/micah/2.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast the line by lot In the congregation of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/micah/2.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Therefore thou shalt have no one to cast a line for the lot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/micah/2-5.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=256" 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">4</span>In that day they will take up a proverb against you and taunt you with this bitter lamentation: ‘We are utterly ruined! He has changed the portion of my people. How He has removed it from me! He has allotted our fields to traitors.’ ” <span class="reftext">5</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3651.htm" title="3651: lā·ḵên (Adv) -- So, thus. From kuwn; properly, set upright; hence just; but usually rightly or so.">Therefore,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: yih·yeh (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">you will have</a> <a href="/hebrew/lə·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">no one</a> <a href="/hebrew/6951.htm" title="6951: biq·hal (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- Assembly, convocation, congregation. From qahal; assemblage.">in the assembly</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">of the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/7993.htm" title="7993: maš·lîḵ (V-Hifil-Prtcpl-ms) -- To throw, fling, cast. A primitive root; to throw out, down or away.">to divide</a> <a href="/hebrew/2256.htm" title="2256: ḥe·ḇel (N-ms) -- A rope, a measuring line, a district, inheritance, a noose, a company, a throe, ruin.">the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/1486.htm" title="1486: bə·ḡō·w·rāl (Prep-b:: N-ms) -- Or goral; from an unused root meaning to be rough; properly, a pebble, i.e. A lot; figuratively, a portion or destiny.">by lot.</a> </span><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="/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="/amos/7-17.htm">Amos 7:17</a></span><br />Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, and your sons and daughters will fall by the sword. Your land will be divided by a measuring line, and you yourself will die on pagan soil. And Israel will surely go into exile, away from their homeland.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/5-10.htm">Hosea 5:10</a></span><br />The princes of Judah are like those who move boundary stones; I will pour out My fury upon them like water.<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="/ezekiel/45-8.htm">Ezekiel 45:8-9</a></span><br />This land will be his possession in Israel. And My princes will no longer oppress My people, but will give the rest of the land to the house of Israel according to their tribes. / For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Enough, O princes of Israel! Cease your violence and oppression, and do what is just and right. Stop dispossessing My people, declares the Lord GOD.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/6-12.htm">Jeremiah 6:12</a></span><br />Their houses will be turned over to others, their fields and wives as well, for I will stretch out My hand against the inhabitants of the land,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/8-10.htm">Jeremiah 8:10</a></span><br />Therefore I will give their wives to other men and their fields to new owners. For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/habakkuk/2-6.htm">Habakkuk 2:6</a></span><br />Will not all of these take up a taunt against him, speaking with mockery and derision: ‘Woe to him who amasses what is not his and makes himself rich with many loans! How long will this go on?’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/3-13.htm">Zephaniah 3:13</a></span><br />The remnant of Israel will no longer do wrong or speak lies, nor will a deceitful tongue be found in their mouths. But they will feed and lie down, with no one to make them tremble.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/21-38.htm">Matthew 21:38-41</a></span><br />But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take his inheritance.’ / So they seized him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. / Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard returns, what will he do to those tenants?” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/20-14.htm">Luke 20:14-16</a></span><br />But when the tenants saw the son, they discussed it among themselves and said, ‘This is the heir. Let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’ / So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them? / He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others.” And when the people heard this, they said, “May such a thing never happen!”<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="/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="/mark/12-40.htm">Mark 12:40</a></span><br />They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Therefore you shall have none that shall cast a cord by lot in the congregation of the LORD.</p><p class="hdg">cast.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/32-8.htm">Deuteronomy 32:8</a></b></br> When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/18-4.htm">Joshua 18:4,10</a></b></br> Give out from among you three men for <i>each</i> tribe: and I will send them, and they shall rise, and go through the land, and describe it according to the inheritance of them; and they shall come <i>again</i> to me… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/16-6.htm">Psalm 16:6</a></b></br> The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant <i>places</i>; yea, I have a goodly heritage.</p><p class="hdg">the congregation.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/23-2.htm">Deuteronomy 23:2,8</a></b></br> A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the LORD… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/nehemiah/7-61.htm">Nehemiah 7:61</a></b></br> And these <i>were</i> they which went up <i>also</i> from Telmelah, Telharesha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not shew their father's house, nor their seed, whether they <i>were</i> of Israel.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/joel/2-16.htm">Assembly</a> <a href="/jonah/2-4.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/psalms/58-5.htm">Caster</a> <a href="/micah/2-3.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/joel/2-16.htm">Congregation</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-3.htm">Cord</a> <a href="/obadiah/1-11.htm">Decision</a> <a href="/daniel/11-39.htm">Divide</a> <a href="/psalms/68-12.htm">Divides</a> <a href="/joel/3-3.htm">Lot</a> <a href="/ezekiel/48-10.htm">Measuring</a> <a href="/amos/4-12.htm">Meeting</a> <a href="/micah/1-9.htm">Stretching</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/micah/6-9.htm">Assembly</a> <a href="/micah/2-9.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/psalms/58-5.htm">Caster</a> <a href="/micah/3-6.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/luke/6-7.htm">Congregation</a> <a href="/matthew/21-2.htm">Cord</a> <a href="/matthew/12-18.htm">Decision</a> <a href="/luke/12-13.htm">Divide</a> <a href="/luke/11-22.htm">Divides</a> <a href="/zephaniah/2-10.htm">Lot</a> <a href="/zechariah/1-16.htm">Measuring</a> <a href="/micah/6-9.htm">Meeting</a> <a href="/matthew/12-49.htm">Stretching</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>Therefore,</b><br>This word indicates a conclusion or result based on previous statements. In the context of <a href="/micah/2.htm">Micah 2</a>, the prophet has been condemning the injustices and oppression committed by the leaders and wealthy of Israel. The "therefore" signals the impending judgment as a direct consequence of their actions.<p><b>you will have no one</b><br>This phrase suggests a complete absence or lack of representation. It implies that those who have been unjust will be excluded from future blessings and responsibilities. The absence of "no one" highlights the severity of the judgment.<p><b>in the assembly of the LORD</b><br>The "assembly of the LORD" refers to the gathering of God's people, often associated with worship, decision-making, and communal activities. In ancient Israel, this assembly was a place of significant religious and social importance. Being excluded from it meant being cut off from the community and its spiritual life.<p><b>to divide the land by lot.</b><br>Dividing the land by lot was a practice used during the time of Joshua when the Israelites entered the Promised Land (<a href="/joshua/14-2.htm">Joshua 14:2</a>). It was a method of distributing land fairly among the tribes, seen as an act under God's guidance. The exclusion from this process signifies a loss of inheritance and blessing. This phrase underscores the gravity of the judgment: those who have acted unjustly will not partake in the future distribution of God's promises.<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 social 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 consequences for their disobedience.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_assembly_of_the_lord.htm">The Assembly of the LORD</a></b><br>Refers to the gathering of God's people, particularly in the context of dividing the Promised Land among the tribes of Israel.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_land.htm">The Land</a></b><br>The Promised Land, a central element of God's covenant with Israel, symbolizing God's provision and blessing.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/l/lot.htm">Lot</a></b><br>A method used in ancient Israel to distribute land, signifying God's sovereign choice and fairness in the allocation of inheritance.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_injustice.htm">Consequences of Injustice</a></b><br><a href="/micah/2-5.htm">Micah 2:5</a> warns of the loss of inheritance due to the unjust actions of the people. It serves as a reminder that God sees and judges the actions of His people.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_community.htm">The Importance of Community</a></b><br>The absence from the assembly of the LORD signifies a loss of community and belonging. It highlights the importance of being part of God's people and living in accordance with His will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_justice_and_sovereignty.htm">Divine Justice and Sovereignty</a></b><br>The use of lots in dividing the land underscores God's sovereignty and justice. It reminds us that God is the ultimate authority in our lives and that His ways are just.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/covenant_faithfulness.htm">Covenant Faithfulness</a></b><br>The loss of land inheritance is a direct consequence of breaking the covenant with God. It calls us to remain faithful to God's commands and to uphold His standards in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_for_restoration.htm">Hope for Restoration</a></b><br>While Micah speaks of judgment, his message also includes hope for restoration. It encourages us to repent and seek God's mercy, trusting in His promise of redemption.<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/what_is_the_definition_of_convocation.htm">What is the definition of convocation?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_amos_5_25_deny_wilderness_sacrifices.htm">Amos 5:25 - How can Amos assert that Israel did not offer sacrifices in the wilderness when Exodus and Leviticus detail extensive sacrificial ordinances?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_nehemiah_5_7's_contradiction.htm">Nehemiah 5:7 suggests interest-taking was widespread despite Mosaic Law prohibitions (e.g., Exodus 22:25); how can this contradiction be reconciled?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_jesus_misquote_the_ot.htm">Why does Jesus misquote the Old Testament in some passages?</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>(5) <span class= "bld">Thou shalt have</span> none . . .<span class= "ital">--i.e.,</span> thou shalt have no part or inheritance in the congregation of the Lord--apparently referring to the ancient division of the land by lot.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/micah/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 5.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Therefore thou.</span> BECAUSE thou, the tyrannical, oppressive grandee (vers. 1, 2), hast dealt with thy neighbour's land unjustly, <span class="cmt_word">therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord</span> (<span class="accented">the line</span>) <span class="cmt_word">by lot</span> (<span class="accented">for a lot</span>); <span class="accented">i.e.</span> thou shalt have no more inheritance in Israel. The "line" is the measuring line used in dividing land, as <a href="/amos/7-17.htm">Amos 7:17</a>. The reference is to the original distribution of the land by lot in Joshua's time (see <a href="/joshua/14-2.htm">Joshua 14:2</a>, etc.). <span class="cmt_word">In the congregation of the Lord.</span> The Lord's own people, whose polity was now about to be dissolved. Hitzig, Reuss, and Orelli suppose that this verse contains a threat against Micah himself on the part of the ungodly Jews, intimating that they will punish him for presuming to prophesy against them, and that he shall die without leaving children. But this seems far fetched and inadmissible. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/micah/2-5.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">Therefore,</span><br /><span class="heb">לָכֵן֙</span> <span class="translit">(lā·ḵên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3651.htm">Strong's 3651: </a> </span><span class="str2">So -- thus</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you will have</span><br /><span class="heb">יִֽהְיֶ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(yih·yeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">no one</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹֽא־</span> <span class="translit">(lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the assembly</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּקְהַ֖ל</span> <span class="translit">(biq·hal)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6951.htm">Strong's 6951: </a> </span><span class="str2">Assembly, convocation, congregation</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to divide</span><br /><span class="heb">מַשְׁלִ֥יךְ</span> <span class="translit">(maš·lîḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7993.htm">Strong's 7993: </a> </span><span class="str2">To throw out, down, away</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the land</span><br /><span class="heb">חֶ֖בֶל</span> <span class="translit">(ḥe·ḇel)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2256.htm">Strong's 2256: </a> </span><span class="str2">A rope, a measuring line, a district, inheritance, a noose, a company, a throe, ruin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">by lot.</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּגוֹרָ֑ל</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḡō·w·rāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1486.htm">Strong's 1486: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lot -- a lot (for casting)</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/micah/2-5.htm">Micah 2:5 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/micah/2-5.htm">Micah 2:5 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/micah/2-5.htm">Micah 2:5 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/micah/2-5.htm">Micah 2:5 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/micah/2-5.htm">Micah 2:5 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/micah/2-5.htm">Micah 2:5 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/micah/2-5.htm">Micah 2:5 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/micah/2-5.htm">Micah 2:5 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/micah/2-5.htm">Micah 2:5 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/micah/2-5.htm">Micah 2:5 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/micah/2-5.htm">OT Prophets: Micah 2:5 Therefore you will have no one who (Mc Mic. 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