Micah 2:5

When Micah uses these words, he is talking about a future time. It is a time when God’s people will come back to their country. Several centuries before, God had told Moses to measure the country. Moses had divided its land among the 12 tribes (families) (Numbers 26:55-56; Joshua 19:51). Some time in the future, God will do good things for his people, the nation called *Israel. God will again divide the land among *Israel’s families. But these present rulers that Micah mentions will have no part of it. They will not be part of God’s family. God will not allow them to live on that land. They will not be God’s people any longer. That will be a very severe punishment.

Micah spoke those hard words to the leaders. He was very bold. It was a dangerous thing to do.

v6 The false *prophets say, ‘Do not preach (speak a message) to us. Do not say those bad things about us. Nothing bad will happen to us.’ v7 And the people from Jacob’s family say, ‘The *LORD is not angry. He will not do such things.’

But the *LORD replies, ‘My words are pleasant only for the person who does the right thing.’