악한 궁리나 하는 자들, 잠자리에 누워서도 음모를 꾸미는 자들은 망한다! 그들은 권력을 쥐었다고 해서, 날이 새자마자 음모대로 해치우고 마는 자들이다.
탐나는 밭을 빼앗고, 탐나는 집을 제 것으로 만든다. 집 임자를 속여서 집을 빼앗고, 주인에게 딸린 사람들과 유산으로 받은 밭을 제 것으로 만든다.
"그러므로 나 주가 말한다. 내가 이 백성에게 재앙을 내리기로 계획하였으니, 이 재앙을 너희가 피할 수 없을 것이다. 너희가 거만하게 걸을 수도 없을 것이다. 그처럼 견디기 어려운 재앙의 때가 될 것이다.
그 날이 오면, 사람들이 너희를 두고서 이러한 풍자시를 지어서 읊을 것이다. 슬픔에 사무친 애가를 지어서 부를 것이다. '우리는 알거지가 되었다. 주님께서 내 백성의 유산의 몫을 나누시고, 나에게서 빼앗은 땅을 반역자들의 몫으로 할당해 주셨다.'
그러므로 주님의 총회에서 줄을 띄워 땅을 나누고 제비 뽑아 분배할 때에 너희의 몫은 없을 것이다.Woe to those who plan iniquity, to those who plot evil on their beds! At morning's light they carry it out because it is in their power to do it.
They covet fields and seize them, and houses, and take them. They defraud a man of his home, a fellowman of his inheritance.
Therefore, the LORD says: "I am planning disaster against this people, from which you cannot save yourselves. You will no longer walk proudly, for it will be a time of calamity.
In that day men will ridicule you; they will taunt you with this mournful song: 'We are utterly ruined; my people's possession is divided up. He takes it from me! He assigns our fields to traitors.' "
Therefore you will have no one in the assembly of the LORD to divide the land by lot.
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It says the following about Micah:
Micah wrote to both the northern kingdom of Israel and the southern kingdom of Judah/Jerusalem; nevertheless, the southern nation of Judah was his primary audience
PURPOSES:
A. To warn the northern kingdom, Israel, of impending judgment because of its covenant disloyalty
B. To warn the southern kingdom, Judah, of impending judgment because of its covenant disloyalty
C. To confirm for Judah that they were just as guilty as was Israel, so they would be judged like Israel
D. To emphasize God’s justice and love in disciplining the nation
E. To affirm God’s future restoration of His people (not the major purpose)
F. To present “God as the sovereign Lord of the earth who controls the destinies of nations, including His covenant people Israel”....
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