A Day of Bitter Lamentation

Sunday, July 5, 2015
Micah 2:4-11 KJV 

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. 5 Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord by lot in the congregation of the LORD. 6 Prophesy ye not, [say they to them that] prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, [that] they shall not take shame. 7 O [thou that art] named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the LORD straitened? [are] these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly? 8 Even of late my people is risen up as an enemy: ye pull off the robe with the garment from them that pass by securely as men averse from war. 9 The women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their children have ye taken away my glory for ever. 10 Arise ye, and depart; for this [is] not [your] rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy [you], even with a sore destruction. 11 If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, [saying], I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.

OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) After warning the wicked (evil) of pending disaster, how will others react to His wicked people and what will become of their land? (v.4-5)
2) How do the people respond to the words of the Lord through His prophet(s)? (v.6)
3) What does the Lord ask, and tell, His people? (v.7)
4) How do the people of God respond to the Lord's judgments against them? (v.8-9)
5) Why does the Lord allow His people to be taken from their land (homes)? (v.10)
6) What kind of prophet would God's people prefer according to the Lord? (v.11)

APPLICATION QUESTIONS
7) How do you respond when a prophet of God foretells of disaster within your life, within your church, and/or within your nation?

LIFE LESSONS
8) The Lord sends His servants (the prophets) to convict His people of their sins with the hope of their collective confession, repentance, and restoration.