CHAPTER 2 Dec. 5 
The Plans of Man and the Plans of God 
Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil on their beds! When the morning is light, they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand. 2They 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. 3Therefore thus says Yahweh: Behold, I am planning against these people a disaster, from which you will not remove your necks, neither will you walk proudly; for it is an evil time. 4In that day they will take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, saying, ‘We are utterly ruined! My people’s possession is divided up. Indeed he takes it from me and assigns our fields to traitors!’. 5Therefore you will have no one who divides the land by lot in the assembly of Yahweh.

There Are False Prophets 
6Don’t preach!, they preach, Don’t preach about these things. Disgrace won’t overtake us. 7Shall it be said, O house of Jacob: Is the Spirit of Yahweh restrained? Are these His doings? Don’t My words do good to him who walks blamelessly? 8But lately My people have risen up as an enemy. You strip the robe and clothing from those who pass by, confidently assuming that they aren’t in danger. 9You drive the women of My people out from their pleasant houses; from their young children you take away My blessing forever. 10Arise, and depart! For this is not your resting place, because of your uncleanness that destroys, even with a grievous destruction. 11If a man walking in a spirit of falsehood lies: I will prophesy to you of wine and of strong drink; he would be the prophet of this people.

The Promise of Deliverance 
12I will surely assemble, Jacob, all of you; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as a flock in the midst of their pasture; they will swarm with people. 13He who opens the breach goes up before them. They break through and pass the gate, and go out. And their king passes on before them, with Yahweh at their head.

Commentary

2:1 What people think about as they lay on their beds is known by God and is the basis of His judgment of them.
2:6 The apostles were likewise ordered not to preach, but their response was that it was impossible for them to keep quiet about God’s word as it was in Christ (Acts 5:28). We cannot but share God’s word with others if it really has a place in our hearts (Am. 3:8). 
2:7 Spirit… restrained?- The prophets didn’t speak their own words but God’s words, because they spoke as they were moved by God’s Spirit (2 Tim. 3:16; 1 Pet. 1:21). For a prophet not to speak or preach would therefore be as good as trying to restrain the Spirit of God; and this cannot be done. 
My words do good- The early chapters of Proverbs emphasize how God’s words give strength to those who already obey them. There is an upward spiral in spiritual life, in which the Spirit and word of God is the dynamic. Exposure to God’s word confirms us in living a spiritual life. Hence the importance of daily Bible reading.