1Woe to you that devise that which is unprofitable, and work evil in your beds: in the morning light they execute it, because their hand is against God.a
2And they have coveted fields, and taken them by violence, and houses they have forcibly taken away: and oppressed a man and his house, a man and his inheritance.
Micah 2 delivers a searing indictment against the wealthy landowners of Judah who use their power to seize property and oppress the poor. The prophet announces coming judgment as a direct consequence of their greed and violence. Yet in a surprising turn, the chapter closes with a
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