Micah 2 | |
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![]() An illustration of Micah 1:13: "O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast." (www.ordination.org). | |
Book | Book of Micah |
Category | Nevi'im |
Christian Bible part | Old Testament |
Order in the Christian part | 33 |
Micah 2 is the second chapter of the Book of Micah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. [1] [2] This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet Micah, and is a part of the Book of the Twelve Minor Prophets. [3] [4]
The original text was written in the Hebrew language. This chapter is divided into 13 verses.
Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in Hebrew are of the Masoretic Text tradition, which includes the Codex Cairensis (895), the Petersburg Codex of the Prophets (916), Codex Leningradensis (1008). [5] [lower-alpha 1]
Fragments containing parts of this chapter were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls, including 4Q82 (4QXIIg; 25 BCE) with extant verses 3–4; [7] [8] [9] and Wadi Murabba'at Minor Prophets (Mur88; MurXIIProph; 75-100 CE) with extant verses 1‑13. [8] [10]
There is also a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint, made in the last few centuries BCE. Extant ancient manuscripts of the Septuagint version include Codex Vaticanus (B; B; 4th century), Codex Alexandrinus (A; A; 5th century) and Codex Marchalianus (Q; Q; 6th century). [11] [lower-alpha 2] Some fragments containing parts of this chapter in Greek were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls, that is, Naḥal Ḥever 8Ḥev1 (8ḤevXIIgr); late 1st century BCE) with extant verses 7–8. [8] [13]
There is here a perfect balance between 'accusation' (verses 1–2) and 'threat' ('therefore', verses 3, 5):
'They' may refer to 'official administrators' (cf. Micah 3:1, 9) who collected tax from the rural population and sometimes 'to appropriate land and property' (could be as part of Hezekiah's military preparations for the invasion of Sennacherib; cf. Isaiah 22:7–11). [14] For Micah, this exercise of power 'amounts to a breach of the Ten Commandments' (verse 2). [14]
The breaker is come up before them:
they have broken up,
and have passed through the gate,
and are gone out by it:
and their king shall pass before them,
and the Lord on the head of them. [15]
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