1 WOE to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
2 And they acovet
bfields, and take them by violence; and houses, and
take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man
and his heritagea.
3 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye go haughtily: for this time is evil.
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2a they oppress a man and his house,
even a man and his heritage According to the law of Moses as set
in the dividing of the lands of promise, each family held certain lands of
inheritance. And it was the design that they would pass down within the
family as their inheritance. The law even provided that if such was 'sold'
it might be redeemed back to the family. This did Boaz in behalf of Obed the
son of Ruth who was actually counted as the son and heir of Mahlon, Chilion and
Elibelech, Ephrathites. Boaz would have purchased the lands 'sold' or 'lent'
out of Elimelech's family and restored them to Obed as the heir of that house.
Such was the law. But in the later time of Micah it seems that the rich so
'coveted' the lands of inheritances to the point that such family inheritances
were lost to the original families even by 'violence', thus displacing such
men/families from their rightful heritage unto the law. (See year of jubilee
Leviticus 25:10 and redemption Leviticus 25:23-28 & Deuteronomy 25:5-10 & Ruth
4:5-10)
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