Matthew Henry Commentary Micah 2:1-5

"Woe to them that devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand. And they covet fields, and seize them; and houses, and take them away: and they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage. Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks, neither shall ye walk haughtily; for it is an evil time. In that day shall they take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, [and] say, We are utterly ruined: he changeth the portion of my people: how doth he remove [it] from me! to the rebellious he divideth our fields. Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast the line by lot in the assembly of Jehovah." — Micah 2:1-5 (ASV)

Woe to the people who devise evil during the night, and rise early to carry it into execution! It is bad to commit mischief on a sudden impulse, much worse to do it with design and forethought. It is of great importance to improve and employ hours of retirement and solitude in a proper manner.

If covetousness reigns in the heart, compassion is banished; and when the heart is so engaged, violence and fraud commonly occupy the hands. The most haughty and secure in prosperity are often most ready to despair in adversity. Woe to those from whom God turns away! Those are the gravest calamities which cut us off from the congregation of the Lord, or curtail our enjoyment of its privileges.