1Woe 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.
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He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.
The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.
For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire. …
Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood. …
There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the LORD, a wicked counsellor.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-5)Here is, I. The injustice of man contriving the evil of sin, Mic. 2:1 , 2 . God was coming forth against this people to destroy them, and here he shows what was the ground of his controversy with them; it is that which is often mentioned as a sin that hastens the ruin of nations and families as much as any, the sin of oppression. Let us see the steps of it. 1. They eagerly desire that which is not…
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