Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
one take up a parable against you—that is, Some of your foes shall do so, taking in derision from your own mouth your "lamentation," namely, "We be spoiled," etc.
lament with a doleful lamentation—literally, "lament with a lamentation of lamentations." Hebrew, naha, nehi, nihyah, the repetition representing the continuous and monotonous wail.
he hath changed the portion of my people—a charge of injustice against Jehovah. He transfers to other nations the sacred territory assigned as the rightful portion of our people (Micah 1:15).
turning away he hath divided our fields—Turning away from us to the enemy, He hath divided among them our fields. CALVIN, as the Margin, explains, "Instead of restoring our territory, He hath divided our fields among our enemies, each of whom henceforward will have an interest in keeping what he hath gotten: so that we are utterly shut out from hope of restoration." MAURER translates as a noun, "He hath divided our fields to a rebel," that is, to the foe who is a rebel against the true God, and a worshipper of idols. So "backsliding," that is, backslider (Jeremiah 49:4). English Version gives a good sense; and is quite tenable in the Hebrew.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Micah 2:4:
Isaiah 14:4
Micah 2:1
Micah 2:5
Micah 2:6
Micah 2:10
Habakkuk 2:6
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