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Introduction: Prophetic Mockery and the Breakdown of Inheritance Micah 2:4 delivers a sharp prophetic rebuke through the vehicle of ironic lamentation. The verse mimics the traditional form of a mourning song but redirects its grief toward those who defrauded others of land, now themselves dispossessed by divine judgment. The syntax plays with lament forms, prophetic speech, and distributive verbs of inheritance: בַּיֹּ֨ום הַה֜וּא יִשָּׂ֧א עֲלֵיכֶ֣ם מָשָׁ֗ל וְנָהָ֨ה נְהִי נִֽהְיָה֙ אָמַר֙ שָׁדֹ֣וד נְשַׁדֻּ֔נוּ חֵ֥לֶק עַמִּ֖י יָמִ֑יר אֵ֚יךְ יָמִ֣ישׁ לִ֔י לְשֹׁובֵ֥ב שָׂדֵ֖ינוּ יְחַלֵּֽק׃ On that day one will raise a parable against you, and he will wail a lament with grief, saying: “We are utterly ruined!… Learn Hebrew