Mic 2:3 | JFB | STEP | 3. against this family-- against the nation, and especially against those reprobated in , . I devise an evil-- a happy antithesis between God's dealings and the Jews' dealings ( ). Ye "devise evil" against your fellow countrymen; I devise evil against you. Ye devise it wrongfully, I by righteous retribution in kind. from which ye shall not remove your necks-- as ye have done from the law. The yoke I shall impose shall be one which ye cannot shake off. They who will not bend to God's "easy yoke" ( , ), shall feel His iron yoke. go haughtily-- (Compare Note, see on ). Ye shall not walk as now with neck haughtily uplifted, for the yoke shall press down your "neck." this time is evil-- rather, "for that time shall be an evil time," namely, the time of the carrying away into captivity (compare ; ).

‏ Micah 2:3

3. against this family--against the nation, and especially against those reprobated in Mi 2:1, 2.

I devise an evil--a happy antithesis between God's dealings and the Jews' dealings (Mi 2:1). Ye "devise evil" against your fellow countrymen; I devise evil against you. Ye devise it wrongfully, I by righteous retribution in kind.

from which ye shall not remove your necks--as ye have done from the law. The yoke I shall impose shall be one which ye cannot shake off. They who will not bend to God's "easy yoke" (Mt 11:29, 30), shall feel His iron yoke.

go haughtily--(Compare Note, see on Jr 6:28). Ye shall not walk as now with neck haughtily uplifted, for the yoke shall press down your "neck."

this time is evil--rather, "for that time shall be an evil time," namely, the time of the carrying away into captivity (compare Am 5:13; Ep 5:16).