Mic 2:1, Mat 26:59, 27:1 | JFB | STEP | 1. devise . . . work . . . practise —They do evil not merely on a sudden impulse, but with deliberate design. As in the former chapter sins against the first table are reproved, so in this chapter sins against the second table. A gradation: "devise" is the conception of the evil purpose; "work" ( ), or "fabricate," the maturing of the scheme; "practise," or "effect," the execution of it. because it is in the power of their hand —for the phrase see . Might, not right, is what regulates their conduct. Where they can, they commit oppression; where they do not, it is because they cannot.

Micah 2:1

1. devise . . . work . . . practise—They do evil not merely on a sudden impulse, but with deliberate design. As in the former chapter sins against the first table are reproved, so in this chapter sins against the second table. A gradation: "devise" is the conception of the evil purpose; "work" (Ps 58:2), or "fabricate," the maturing of the scheme; "practise," or "effect," the execution of it.

because it is in the power of their hand—for the phrase see Ge 31:29; Pr 3:27. Might, not right, is what regulates their conduct. Where they can, they commit oppression; where they do not, it is because they cannot.

Micah 2:1

Matthew 26:59

Matthew 27:1