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**iniquity.** Hebrew. *'aven.* App-44 . Not the same word as in [Micah 3:10](../../../kjv/micah/3/10) . Note the incrimination in verses: [Micah 2:1](../../../kjv/micah/2/1) , [Micah 2:2](../../../kjv/micah/2/2) . See the Structure, p. 1253.
**work** = plan.
**evil** = wickedness. Hebrew. *ra'a'.* App-44 .
**is** = exists. Hebrew. *yesh.* See note on [Proverbs 8:21](../../../kjv/proverbs/8/21) .
**in the power of their hand.** A Pentateuchal idiom. Reference to Pentateuch ([Genesis 31:29](../../../kjv/genesis/31/29) ). Compare [Proverbs 3:27](../../../kjv/proverbs/3/27) . [Nehemiah 5:5](../../../kjv/nehemiah/5/5) . Does not occur elsewhere.

**covet fields.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Leviticus 6:4](../../../kjv/leviticus/6/4) .[Deuteronomy 5:21](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/5/21); [Deuteronomy 5:21](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/5/21) ). App-92 .
**they oppress, &c.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Leviticus 19:13](../../../kjv/leviticus/19/13) , where the words are the same). App-92 .
**man** = a human being Hebrew. *geber.* App-14 .
**even.** So in some codices, with four early printed editions; but many codices, with six early printed editions, Aramaean, Septuagint, and Vulgate, omit the word "even".
**man.** Hebrew. *'ish.* App-14 .

**the LORD.** Hebrew. *Jehovah.* App-4 .
**Behold.** Figure of speech *Asterismos.* App-6 .
**this family.** Compare [Amos 3:1](../../../kjv/amos/3/1) .
**I devise.** The contrast to [Micah 2:1](../../../kjv/micah/2/1) .
**evil** = calamity Hebrew. *ra'a'.* App-44 .

**take up a parable.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Numbers 23:7](../../../kjv/numbers/23/7) , [Numbers 23:18](../../../kjv/numbers/23/18) ; [Numbers 24:3](../../../kjv/numbers/24/3) , [Numbers 24:15](../../../kjv/numbers/24/15) , [Numbers 24:20](../../../kjv/numbers/24/20) , [Numbers 24:23](../../../kjv/numbers/24/23) ). Twice in Job ([Job 27:1](../../../kjv/job/27/1) ; [Job 29:1](../../../kjv/job/29/1) ); once in Isaiah ([Isaiah 14:4](../../../kjv/isaiah/14/4) ); once in Habakkuk ([Habakkuk 2:6](../../../kjv/habakkuk/2/6) ). Not elsewhere. App-92 . Note the Figure of speech *Chleuasmos* ( App-6 ).
**lament with a doleful lamentation.** Note the Figures of speech *P* olyptoton and *Paronomasia* ( App-6 ), for emphasis. Hebrew venahah nehi nihyah = wail a wailing of woe.
**changed** = changed [for the worse]. Hebrew. *mur* ; not *halaph =* changed [for the better]. See note on [Leviticus 27:10](../../../kjv/leviticus/27/10) .
**turning away** = to a heathen: i.e. our enemy the Assyrian.

**cast a cord by lot.** Referring to the custom, by which, round every village in Palestine, the land was divided by lot every year to the various families; hence, the expression in [Psalms 16:6](../../../kjv/psalms/16/6) , "cord" being put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Cause), App-6 , for the portion of land marked out by it. It therefore = divide your inheritances. Reference to Pentateuch ([Numbers 26:55](../../../kjv/numbers/26/55) , [Numbers 26:56](../../../kjv/numbers/26/56) ). App-92 .
**congregation** = assembly. Compare [Deuteronomy 23:1-3](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/23/1-3) , [Deuteronomy 23:8](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/23/8) .

**Prophesy** = Do not sputter.
**say they to them that prophesy** = so they sputter.
**they shall not prophesy.** Not the usual word for prophesy, but Hebrew. *nataph.*
**they:** i.e. these false prophets.
**them** = as to these things: i.e. these doings of Jehovah.
**that, &c.** Supply, "[saying], must He put away these suppressers".

**Jacob.** See notes on [Genesis 32:28](../../../kjv/genesis/32/28) ; [Genesis 43:6](../../../kjv/genesis/43/6) ; [Genesis 45:26](../../../kjv/genesis/45/26) , [Genesis 45:28](../../../kjv/genesis/45/28) .
**is the Spirit, &c. ?** Reference to Pentateuch ([Numbers 11:23](../../../kjv/numbers/11/23) , the same word). App-92 .
**Spirit.** Hebrew. *ruach.* App-9 .
**do not** = are not?
**My.** Septuagint reads "His", as in preceding clause: or = are not My words pleasant [saith Jehovah]?
**do good** = pleasant.

**Even of late** = Only yesterday, or recently: this highway robbery was a new and recent evil.

**for ever:** i.e. not to be restored for the rest of their lives.

**Arise ye, &c.** Usually misquoted in a good sense; but the Structure shows it to be part of the lamentation (p. 1253).
**this** = this [land]. Reference to Pentateuch ([Deuteronomy 12:9](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/12/9) ). App-92 .
**it:** i.e. this [land].
**it is polluted.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Leviticus 18:27](../../../kjv/leviticus/18/27) , [Leviticus 18:28](../../../kjv/leviticus/18/28) , the same word). App-92 .
**it shall destroy.** Reference to Pent ([Leviticus 18:28](../../../kjv/leviticus/18/28) ; [Leviticus 20:22](../../../kjv/leviticus/20/22) ; [Leviticus 26:38](../../../kjv/leviticus/26/38) ). Compare [Ezekiel 36:12-14](../../../kjv/ezekiel/36/12-14) .

**wine.** Hebrew. *yayin.* App-27 .
**strong drink.** Hebrew. *shekar.* App-27 .
**prophet** = sputterer; as in [Micah 2:6](../../../kjv/micah/2/6) . Literally dropper [of words].

**I will, &c.** See the Structure, p. 1253.
**Israel.** See note on [Genesis 32:28](../../../kjv/genesis/32/28) ; [Genesis 43:6](../../../kjv/genesis/43/6) ; [Genesis 45:26](../../../kjv/genesis/45/26) , [Genesis 45:28](../../../kjv/genesis/45/28) .
**of Bozrah:** or, with Septuagint, in tribulation. The member (verses: [Micah 2:12](../../../kjv/micah/2/12) , [Micah 2:13](../../../kjv/micah/2/13) ) does not speak of mercy, but of judgment, corresponding with the member ([Micah 1:2-4](../../../kjv/micah/1/2-4) ). Not "a complete change", and no "promise to a remnant" Compare [Isaiah 34:6](../../../kjv/isaiah/34/6) . [Amos 1:12](../../../kjv/amos/1/12) .
**make great noise** = be in commotion.
**men** = human beings. Heb *'adam.* App-14 .

**The breaker** = One making a breach. The Assyrian. Hebrew. *paratz,* as in [Exodus 19:22](../../../kjv/exodus/19/22) , [Exodus 19:24](../../../kjv/exodus/19/24) ; [2 Samuel 5:20](../../../kjv/2-samuel/5/20) . 1Ch 14:11 ; [1 Chronicles 15:13](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/15/13) . Generally in a bad sense.
**broken up** = broken in.
**gone out** = gone forth . . . [into captivity].
**shall pass** = hath passed through.
**on** = at: for it is Jehovah's judgment. Compare [Micah 1:2-4](../../../kjv/micah/1/2-4) .

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