Micah 2:4

In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! turning away he hath divided our fields.

Cross-reference

Micah 2:10 Parallel

Micah 2:10 commands departure from the land because of uncleanness, echoing the lament in verse 4 about being dispossessed.

Micah 3:4 Parallel

Micah 3:4 continues the judgment scene: the people cry out but God hides his face, intensifying the lament of 2:4.

Jeremiah 9:19 explicitly wails 'How ruined we are!' and leaving land, a near verbatim parallel to this lament.

Habakkuk 2:6 also uses 'take up a parable' as a taunt against oppressors, echoing the same prophetic lament form.

Amos 5:1 Parallel

Amos 5:1 opens 'take up a lamentation' over Israel—direct parallel in wording and prophetic function.

Jeremiah 9:17-21 calls for mourning women and includes 'How are we spoiled!'—almost identical phrase and context of lament over land loss.

Isaiah 63:18 laments that adversaries have trampled the sanctuary, paralleling the loss of land described in Micah 2:4.

Isaiah 14:4 Parallel

Isaiah 14:4 uses the identical phrase 'take up this taunt' — a direct parallel in form and function as a judgment declaration.

2 Kings 17:23 Historical context

2 Kings 17:23 records the actual exile of Israel from their land, fulfilling the judgment that Micah 2:4 laments.

Deuteronomy 28:29 foretells oppression and robbery as covenant curse, similar to the unjust seizure of fields here.

Lamentations 1:1 uses the same 'how' lament over Jerusalem's desolation, paralleling the taunt over land loss here.

Isaiah 24:3 Parallel

Isaiah 24:3 declares the land completely laid waste and plundered, echoing the ruination described in this taunt.

Amos 5:16 Parallel

Amos 5:16 similarly portrays wailing in the streets and calls for professional mourners, matching the doleful lament in Micah 2:4.

Jeremiah 9:10 takes up a 'lamentation' over desolate mountains—parallel theme of mourning land's destruction.

Ezekiel 2:10 Related theme

Ezekiel 2:10 describes a scroll of lament and woe, matching the lamenting tone of this taunt.

Ezekiel 16:44 also uses 'proverb' (masal) to describe a taunt against Jerusalem, similar to Micah's use of a taunt song.

2 Chronicles 36:20 describes Judah's exile to Babylon, a similar dispossession as the lament in Micah 2:4.