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15 lines
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# Look
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"Listen carefully" or "Pay attention". Micah begins to quote a long speech by Yahweh.
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# disaster
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See how you translated this in Micah 1:12.
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# this clan
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This refers to the entire community of Israel, whose rich people are oppressing the poor. The sins of the leaders are coming back on the whole nation.
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# from which you will not remove your necks
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"from which you will not be able to escape". Yahweh speaks of punishing the people as if he were putting a yoke around their necks. |