Micah 2:4
“In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! turning away he hath divided our fields.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
In that day shall one take up a parable against you,.... Making use of your name, as a byword, a proverb, a taunt, and a…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
In that day shall one take up a parable against you - The mashal or likeness may, in itself, be any speech in which one…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
Take up a parable against you - Your wickedness and your punishment shall be subjects of common conversation; and a…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Micah 2:1-5
Here is, I. The injustice of man contriving the evil of sin, Mic 2:1, Mic 2:2. God was coming forth against this people…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
shall one take up a parable Or, a taunting song (as probably Isa 14:4; Hab 2:6). The Hebr. mâshâlmeans properly a saying…
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