They covet fields and seize them,
and houses, then take them away.
They oppress a man and his house,
even a man and his heritage.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Micah 2:2 in context
Micah 2:1–5
1
Woe to those who devise iniquity
and work evil on their beds!
When the morning is light, they practice it,
because it is in the power of their hand.
2
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They covet fields and seize them,
and houses, then take them away.
They oppress a man and his house,
even a man and his heritage.
3
Therefore the LORD says:
“Behold, I am planning against these people a disaster,
from which you will not remove your necks,
neither will you walk haughtily,
for it is an evil time.
4
In that day they will take up a parable against you,
and lament with a doleful lamentation, saying,
‘We are utterly ruined!
My people’s possession is divided up.
Indeed he takes it from me and assigns our fields to traitors!’”
5
Therefore you will have no one who divides the land by lot in the LORD’s assembly.
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