Micah 2:5

Translations

Modern

Therefore, you will have no one in the assembly of the LORD to divide the land by lot.

Traditional

Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord by lot in the congregation of the Lord.

Literal

Therefore there will be unto you no one casting the cord by lot in the assembly of YHWH.

Latin

Propter hoc non erit tibi mittens funiculum sortis in cœtu Domini.

Original

Hebrew

English

Therefore, you will have no one in the assembly of the LORD to divide the land by lot.

Notes

Micah 2:3–5

The Lord, acting as a judge, announces the sentence. He will repay his people's wicked hearts and actions with disaster. The prophet uses wordplay here. The Hebrew word for "evil" has many meanings. It can mean moral evil, as in the first case, or calamity or disaster, as in the second. The Lord will bring disaster on them because of their wickedness.

Micah 1:2–2:13

This message of judgment focuses on key themes in Micah's prophecies. It shows God's decision to judge his people and send them into exile (Micah 1:16; 2:4–5). However, it ends with the Lord's promise to save a small group from exile (Micah 2:12–13).

Events

Prophecies of Micahc. 754 BC

Related verses

Deuteronomy 32:8
When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when He divided the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God.
Joshua 18:4
Appoint three men from each tribe, and I will send them out to survey the land and map it out, according to the inheritance of each. Then they will return to me
Joshua 18:10
And Joshua cast lots for them in the presence of the LORD at Shiloh, where he distributed the land to the Israelites according to their divisions.
Hosea 9:3
They will not remain in the land of the LORD; Ephraim will return to Egypt and eat unclean food in Assyria.
Nehemiah 7:61
The following came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer, but they could not prove that their families were descended from Israel:
Deuteronomy 23:2
No one of illegitimate birth may enter the assembly of the LORD, nor may any of his descendants, even to the tenth generation.
Psalm 16:6
The lines of my boundary have fallen in pleasant places; surely my inheritance is delightful.
Deuteronomy 23:8
The third generation of children born to them may enter the assembly of the LORD.

Glossary

Book of Micah Prophecy

Topics

Cord: Ancient Uses of in Casting Lots Micah: One of the Minor Prophets: The Oppressions of the Covetous Rope used in Casting Lots The Lot: The Land of Canaan Divided Among Tribes By

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