Micah 2:1

Translations

Modern

Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.

Traditional

Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.

Literal

Woe to those devising iniquity and working evil on their beds. In the light of morning they do it, because it is in the power of their hand.

Latin

Væ qui cogitatis inutile, et operamini malum in cubilibus vestris! In luce matutina faciunt illud, quoniam contra Deum est manus eorum.

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English

Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.

Notes

Micah 2:1–2

Power had corrupted the wealthy, who should have been ready to help their fellow Israelites (compare Genesis 4:9; Joshua 1:14).
Thinking up evil plans because you have the power to do so shows a corrupt heart, mind, and character (Genesis 6:5).
They covet: They took others' property, which was like stealing and broke God's law against coveting (Exodus 20:17). A family's inheritance was a sacred gift from the Lord, meant to be a permanent possession (Leviticus 25:8–55; compare 1 Kings 21; Isaiah 5:8). God sought righteousness among his people, but instead, he found oppression (1 Kings 10:9; Isaiah 5:7; 2 Peter 2:13).

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).

Theme notes and profiles

Retribution

Events

Prophecies of Micah

Related verses

Psalm 36:4
Even on his bed he plots wickedness; he sets himself on a path that is not good; he fails to reject evil.
Isaiah 32:7
The weapons of the scoundrel are destructive; he hatches plots to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.
Psalm 7:14–16
Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.
Hosea 7:6–7
For they prepare their heart like an oven while they lie in wait; all night their anger smolders; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
Nahum 1:11
From you, O Nineveh, comes forth a plotter of evil against the LORD, a counselor of wickedness.
Proverbs 6:12–19
A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth,
Proverbs 4:16
For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.
Romans 1:30
…slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents.
Proverbs 3:27
Do not withhold good from the deserving when it is within your power to act.
Jeremiah 18:18
Then some said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah, for the law will never be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise, nor an oracle to the prophet. Come, let us denounce him and pay no heed to any of his words.”
Acts 23:12
When daylight came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.
John 19:11
Jesus answered, “You would have no authority over Me if it were not given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed Me over to you is guilty of greater sin.”

Glossary

Book of Micah Power Prophecy

Topics

Beds: The Wicked Devise Mischief While On Early Rising: Practised by the Wicked, For: Executing Plans of Evil Land: Monopoly of Malice: General Scriptures Concerning Micah: One of the Minor Prophets: The Oppressions of the Covetous Oppression: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Rising: Early by the Wicked

Micah 2:1

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