Micah 2:5

Micah 2:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord by lot in the congregation of the Lord.
• New International Version (NIV)Therefore you will have no one in the assembly of the Lord to divide the land by lot.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Therefore you will have none to cast the line by lot in the assembly of the Lord.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore you will have no one to determine boundaries by lot In the assembly of the Lord.

Context of Micah 2:5

3But this is what the Lord says: “I will reward your evil with evil; you won’t be able to pull your neck out of the noose. You will no longer walk around proudly, for it will be a terrible time.” 4In that day your enemies will make fun of you by singing this song of despair about you: “We are finished, completely ruined! God has confiscated our land, taking it from us. He has given our fields to those who betrayed us.” Others will set your boundaries then, and the Lord’s people will have no say in how the land is divided. 6“Don’t say such things,” the people respond. “Don’t prophesy like that. Such disasters will never come our way!” 7Should you talk that way, O family of Israel? Will the Lord’s Spirit have patience with such behavior? If you would do what is right, you would find my words comforting.

Micah 2:5 word by word

לָכֵן֙ לֹֽא־יִֽהְיֶ֣ה לְךָ֔ מַשְׁלִ֥יךְ חֶ֖בֶל בְּגוֹרָ֑ל בִּקְהַ֖ל יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Therefore thou shalt have none that shall castשָׁלַךְshâlak · to throwH7993
• a cordחֶ֫בֶלchebel chêbel · cordH2256
• by lotגּוֹרָלgôrâl gôrâl · allottedH1486
• in the congregationקָהָלqâhâl · assemblyH6951
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for Micah 2:5

• Deuteronomy 32:8When the Most High assigned lands to the nations, when he divided up the human race, he established the boundaries of the peoples according to the number in his heavenly court.
• Joshua 18:4Select three men from each tribe, and I will send them out to explore the land and map it out. They will then return to me with a written report of their proposed divisions of their new homeland.
• Psalms 16:6The land you have given me is a pleasant land. What a wonderful inheritance!
• Hosea 9:3You may no longer stay here in the Lord’s land. Instead, you will return to Egypt, and in Assyria you will eat food that is ceremonially unclean.
• Deuteronomy 23:2“If a person is illegitimate by birth, neither he nor his descendants for ten generations may be admitted to the assembly of the Lord.
• Nehemiah 7:61Another group returned at this time from the towns of Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Kerub, Addan, and Immer. However, they could not prove that they or their families were descendants of Israel.

Commentaries on Micah 2:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5None 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.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Therefore thou shalt have none that shall east a cord by lot in the congregation of the Lord - Thou, in the first instance, is the impenitent Jew of that day. God had promised by Hosea to restore Judah; shortly after, the prophet himself foretells it Micah 2:12. Now he forewarns these and such as these, that they would have no portion in it. They had “neither part nor lot in this matter” Acts 8:21. They, the not-Israel then, were the images and ensamples…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-5The 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.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. Therefore--resumed from Mi 2:3. On account of your crimes described in Mi 2:1, 2. thou--the ideal individual ("me," Mi 2:4), representing the guilty people in whose name he spoke. none that ... cast a cord by lot--none who shall have any possession measured out. in the congregation of the Lord--among the people consecrated to Jehovah. By covetousness and violence (Mi 2:2) they had forfeited "the portion of Jehovah's people." This is God's implied…Read the comment

Topics related to Micah 2:5

• Cord
• Lot, the
• Micah
• Rope

In the dictionaries

• Lot
• Breaker
• Congregation
• Cord
• Micah (2)
• Yahweh, Yah

Commentaries on Micah 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings