Micah 2:5 - Exposition

Therefore thou. Because thou, the tyrannical, oppressive grandee ( Micah 2:1 , Micah 2:2 ), hast dealt with thy neighbour's land unjustly, therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord ( the line ) by lot ( for a lot ); i.e. thou shalt have no more inheritance in Israel. The "line" is the measuring line used in dividing land, as Amos 7:17 . The reference is to the original distribution of the land by lot in Joshua's time (see Joshua 14:2 , etc.). In the congregation of the Lord. The Lord's own people, whose polity was now about to be dissolved. Hitzig, Reuss, and Orelli suppose that this verse contains a threat against Micah himself on the part of the ungodly Jews, intimating that they will punish him for presuming to prophesy against them, and that he shall die without leaving children. But this seems far fetched and inadmissible.