Here the prophet denounces a wo against the plotters of wickedness, the covetous and the oppressor, Mic 2:1, Mic 2:2. God is represented as devising their ruin, Mic 2:3. An Israelite is then introduced as a mourner, p…
1¡Ay de los que en sus camas piensan iniquidad y maquinan el mal, y cuando llega la mañana lo ejecutan, porque tienen en su mano el poder!
2Codician las heredades, y las roban; y casas, y las toman; oprimen al hombre y a su casa, al hombre y a su heredad.
3Por tanto, así ha dicho Jehová: He aquí, yo pienso contra esta familia un mal del cual no sacaréis vuestros cuellos, ni andaréis erguidos; porque el tiempo será malo.
4En aquel tiempo levantarán sobre vosotros refrán, y se hará endecha de lamentación, diciendo: Del todo fuimos destruidos; él ha cambiado la porción de mi pueblo. ¡Cómo nos quitó nuestros campos! Los dio y los repartió a otros.
5Por tanto, no habrá quien a suerte reparta heredades en la congregación de Jehová.
6No profeticéis, dicen a los que profetizan; no les profeticen, porque no les alcanzará vergüenza.
7Tú que te dices casa de Jacob, ¿se ha acortado el Espíritu de Jehová? ¿Son estas sus obras? ¿No hacen mis palabras bien al que camina rectamente?
8El que ayer era mi pueblo, se ha levantado como enemigo; de sobre el vestido quitasteis las capas atrevidamente a los que pasaban, como adversarios de guerra.
9A las mujeres de mi pueblo echasteis fuera de las casas que eran su delicia; a sus niños quitasteis mi perpetua alabanza.
10Levantaos y andad, porque no es este el lugar de reposo, pues está contaminado, corrompido grandemente.
11Si alguno andando con espíritu de falsedad mintiere diciendo: Yo te profetizaré de vino y de sidra; este tal será el profeta de este pueblo.
12De cierto te juntaré todo, oh Jacob; recogeré ciertamente el resto de Israel; lo reuniré como ovejas de Bosra, como rebaño en medio de su aprisco; harán estruendo por la multitud de hombres.
13Subirá el que abre caminos delante de ellos; abrirán camino y pasarán la puerta, y saldrán por ella; y su rey pasará delante de ellos, y a la cabeza de ellos Jehová.
ADAM CLARKE BIBLE COMMENTARY
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Versículo 1
I. Wo to them that devise iniquity - Who lay schemes and plans for transgressions; who make it their…
Wo to them that devise iniquity - Who lay schemes and plans for transgressions; who make it their study to find out new modes of sinning; and make these things their nocturnal meditations, that, having fixed their plan, they may begin to execute it as soon as it is light in the morning.
Because it is in the power of their hand - They think they may do whatever they have power and opportunity to do.
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Versículo 2
II. They covet fields - These are the rich and mighty in the land; and, like Ahab, they will take the…
They covet fields - These are the rich and mighty in the land; and, like Ahab, they will take the vineyard or inheritance of any poor Naboth on which they may fix their covetous eye; so that they take away even the heritage of the poor.
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III. Against this family (the Israelites) do I devise an evil - You have devised the evil of plunderin…
Against this family (the Israelites) do I devise an evil - You have devised the evil of plundering the upright; I will devise the evil to you of punishment for your conduct; you shall have your necks brought under the yoke of servitude. Tiglath-pileser ruined this kingdom, and transported the people to Assyria, under the reign of Hezekiah, king of Judah; and Micah lived to see this catastrophe. See on Mic 2:9 (note).
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Versículo 4
IV. Take up a parable against you - Your wickedness and your punishment shall be subjects of common c…
Take up a parable against you - Your wickedness and your punishment shall be subjects of common conversation; and a funeral dirge shall be composed and sung for you as for the dead. The lamentation is that which immediately follows: We be utterly spoiled; and ends, Are these his doings? Mic 2:7.
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Versículo 5
V. None that shall cast a cord - You will no more have your inheritance divided to you by lot, as it…
None that shall cast a cord - You will no more have your inheritance divided to you by lot, as it was to your fathers; ye shall neither have fields nor possessions of any kind.
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Versículo 6
VI. Prophesy ye not - Do not predict any more evils - we have as many as we can bear. We are utterly …
Prophesy ye not - Do not predict any more evils - we have as many as we can bear. We are utterly ruined - shame and confusion cover our faces. The original is singular, and expressive of sorrow and sobbing. Literally, "Do not cause it to rain; they will cause it to rain; they cannot make it rain sooner than this; confusion shall not depart from us." To rain, often means to preach, to prephesy; Eze 20:46, Eze 21:2; Amo 7:16; Deu 32:2; Job 29:22; Pro 5:3, etc.
The last line Bp. Newcome translates, "For he shall not remove from himself reproaches;" and paraphrases, "The true prophet will subject himself to public disgrace by exercising his office."
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Versículo 7
VII. Is the Spirit of the Lord straitened? - This is the complaint of the Israelites, and a part of th…
Is the Spirit of the Lord straitened? - This is the complaint of the Israelites, and a part of the lamentation. Doth it not speak by other persons as well as by Micah? Doth it communicate to us such influences as it did formerly? Is it true that these evils are threatened by that Spirit? Are these his doings? To which Jehovah answers, "Do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?" No upright man need fear any word spoken by me: my words to such yield instruction and comfort; never dismay. Were ye upright, ye would not complain of the words of my prophets. The last clause may be translated, "Walking with him that is upright." The upright man walks by the word; and the word walks with him who walks by it.
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Versículo 8
VIII. My people is risen up as an enemy - Ye are not only opposed to me, but ye are enemies to each oth…
My people is risen up as an enemy - Ye are not only opposed to me, but ye are enemies to each other. Ye rob and spoil each other. Ye plunder the peaceable passenger; depriving him both of his upper and under garment; ye pull off the robe from those who, far from being spoilers themselves, are averse from war.
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Versículo 9
IX. The women of my people - Ye are the cause of the women and their children being carried into capt…
The women of my people - Ye are the cause of the women and their children being carried into captivity - separated from their pleasant habitations, and from my temple and ordinances - and from the blessings of the covenant, which it is my glory to give, and theirs to receive. These two verses may probably relate to the war made on Ahaz by Rezin, king of Syria, and Pekah, king of Israel. They fell suddenly upon the Jews; killed in one day one hundred and twenty thousand, and took two hundred thousand captive; and carried away much spoil. Thus, they rose up against them as enemies, when there was peace between the two kingdoms; spoiled them of their goods, carried away men, women, and children, till, at the remonstrances of the prophet Oded, they were released. See Ch2 28:6, etc. Micah lived in the days of Ahaz, and might have seen the barbarities which he here describes.
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Versículo 10
X. Arise ye, and depart - Prepare for your captivity; ye shall have no resting place here: the very …
Arise ye, and depart - Prepare for your captivity; ye shall have no resting place here: the very land is polluted by your iniquities, and shall vomit you out, and it shall be destroyed; and the destruction of it shall be great and sore.
Some think this is an exhortation to the godly, to leave a land that was to be destroyed so speedily.
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Versículo 11
XI. If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood - The meaning is: If a man who professes to be Divin…
If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood - The meaning is: If a man who professes to be Divinely inspired do lie, by prophesying of plenty, etc., then such a person shall be received as a true prophet by this people. It not unfrequently happens that the Christless worldling, who has got into the priest's office for a maintenance, and who leaves the people undisturbed in their unregenerate state, is better received than the faithful pastor, who proclaims the justice of the Lord, and the necessity of repentance and forsaking sin, in order to their being made partakers of that holiness without which no man shall see God.
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Versículo 12
XII. I will surely assemble - This is a promise of the restoration of Israel from captivity. He compar…
I will surely assemble - This is a promise of the restoration of Israel from captivity. He compares them to a flock of sheep rushing together to their fold, the hoofs of which make a wonderful noise or clatter. So when one hundred sheep run, eight hundred toes or divisions of these bifid animals make a clattering noise. This appears to be the image.
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Versículo 13
XIII. The breaker is come up - He who is to give them deliverance, and lead them out on the way of thei…
The breaker is come up - He who is to give them deliverance, and lead them out on the way of their return. He who takes down the hurdles, or makes a gap in the wall or hedge, to permit them to pass through. This may apply to those human agents that shall permit and order their return. And Jehovah being at their head, may refer to their final restoration, when the Lord Jesus shall become their leader, they having returned unto him as the shepherd and bishop of their souls; and they and the Gentiles forming one fold under one shepherd, to go no more out into captivity for ever. Lord, hasten the time!
Antiguo Testamento
Micah — Capítulo 2
Here the prophet denounces a wo against the plotters of wickedness, the covetous and the oppressor, Mic 2:1, Mic 2:2. God is represented as devising their ruin, Mic 2:3. An Israelite is then introduced as a mourner, p…
Texto — Reina-Valera 1960
1¡Ay de los que en sus camas piensan iniquidad y maquinan el mal, y cuando llega la mañana lo ejecutan, porque tienen en su mano el poder!
2Codician las heredades, y las roban; y casas, y las toman; oprimen al hombre y a su casa, al hombre y a su heredad.
3Por tanto, así ha dicho Jehová: He aquí, yo pienso contra esta familia un mal del cual no sacaréis vuestros cuellos, ni andaréis erguidos; porque el tiempo será malo.
4En aquel tiempo levantarán sobre vosotros refrán, y se hará endecha de lamentación, diciendo: Del todo fuimos destruidos; él ha cambiado la porción de mi pueblo. ¡Cómo nos quitó nuestros campos! Los dio y los repartió a otros.
5Por tanto, no habrá quien a suerte reparta heredades en la congregación de Jehová.
6No profeticéis, dicen a los que profetizan; no les profeticen, porque no les alcanzará vergüenza.
7Tú que te dices casa de Jacob, ¿se ha acortado el Espíritu de Jehová? ¿Son estas sus obras? ¿No hacen mis palabras bien al que camina rectamente?
8El que ayer era mi pueblo, se ha levantado como enemigo; de sobre el vestido quitasteis las capas atrevidamente a los que pasaban, como adversarios de guerra.
9A las mujeres de mi pueblo echasteis fuera de las casas que eran su delicia; a sus niños quitasteis mi perpetua alabanza.
10Levantaos y andad, porque no es este el lugar de reposo, pues está contaminado, corrompido grandemente.
11Si alguno andando con espíritu de falsedad mintiere diciendo: Yo te profetizaré de vino y de sidra; este tal será el profeta de este pueblo.
12De cierto te juntaré todo, oh Jacob; recogeré ciertamente el resto de Israel; lo reuniré como ovejas de Bosra, como rebaño en medio de su aprisco; harán estruendo por la multitud de hombres.
13Subirá el que abre caminos delante de ellos; abrirán camino y pasarán la puerta, y saldrán por ella; y su rey pasará delante de ellos, y a la cabeza de ellos Jehová.
ADAM CLARKE BIBLE COMMENTARY
Versículo 1
I. Wo to them that devise iniquity - Who lay schemes and plans for transgressions; who make it their…
Versículo 2
II. They covet fields - These are the rich and mighty in the land; and, like Ahab, they will take the…
Versículo 3
III. Against this family (the Israelites) do I devise an evil - You have devised the evil of plunderin…
Versículo 4
IV. Take up a parable against you - Your wickedness and your punishment shall be subjects of common c…
Versículo 5
V. None that shall cast a cord - You will no more have your inheritance divided to you by lot, as it…
Versículo 6
VI. Prophesy ye not - Do not predict any more evils - we have as many as we can bear. We are utterly …
Versículo 7
VII. Is the Spirit of the Lord straitened? - This is the complaint of the Israelites, and a part of th…
Versículo 8
VIII. My people is risen up as an enemy - Ye are not only opposed to me, but ye are enemies to each oth…
Versículo 9
IX. The women of my people - Ye are the cause of the women and their children being carried into capt…
Versículo 10
X. Arise ye, and depart - Prepare for your captivity; ye shall have no resting place here: the very …
Versículo 11
XI. If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood - The meaning is: If a man who professes to be Divin…
Versículo 12
XII. I will surely assemble - This is a promise of the restoration of Israel from captivity. He compar…
Versículo 13
XIII. The breaker is come up - He who is to give them deliverance, and lead them out on the way of thei…