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The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), general editor James Orr — public domain, printed whole.

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Figurative: This word, meaning "to cut in pieces," "to distribute," often translated "spread," is rendered "chop" in Mic 3:3, they "chop them in pieces, as for the pot," figuratively for the destruction of God's people through the cruel exactions of their rulers.