Alas for those who devise wickedness and evil deeds on their beds! When the morning dawns,they perform it,because it is in their power. They covet fields, and seize them; houses, and take them away; they oppress householder and house, people and their inheritance. (Micah 2:1-2)
What is translated as wickedness is more literally trouble or sorrow. Woe to those who intentionally cause sorrow. Woe to those who plan distress, misery, injury and wrong.
There is a particular concern for the nature of our economic relations. We have the power and ability to abuse others. We have the power to fulfill our desires on the backs of others. We will often do this unintentionally, even accidentally. We should be mindful of such unintended harm.
The greatest evil, though, is when we are entirely conscious of the harm to others we cause in fulfilling our plans and do not care or even celebrate. We are to love God and neighbor.
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