Micah 2:8

Micah 2:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Even of late my people is risen up as an enemy: ye pull off the robe with the garment from them that pass by securely as men averse from war.
• New International Version (NIV)Lately my people have risen up like an enemy. You strip off the rich robe from those who pass by without a care, like men returning from battle.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But lately my people have risen up as an enemy; you strip the rich robe from those who pass by trustingly with no thought of war.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Lately My people have risen up as an enemy— You pull off the robe with the garment From those who trust you, as they pass by, Like men returned from war.

Context of Micah 2:8

6The people say to me, ‘Do not prophesy against us! Do not say that we will have trouble. God will not make us ashamed!’ 7You should not talk like that, you who are descendants of Jacob. Do you think that the Lord's Spirit will always be patient with you? If you agree to do what is right, then you will accept that my message is good. The Lord says: ‘You have become like enemies among my people. You rob people of their coats when they pass by. Even men who thought that they were safe now. You even rob men who are returning home from war. 9You rob the women among my people too. You take away their happy homes. So you take away what I want their children to enjoy. 10Get up and go away! You cannot remain in this place because you have made it bad. It is so bad that it will completely destroy you.

Micah 2:8 word by word

וְאֶתְמ֗וּל עַמִּי֙ לְאוֹיֵ֣ב יְקוֹמֵ֔ם מִמּ֣וּל שַׂלְמָ֔ה אֶ֖דֶר תַּפְשִׁט֑וּן מֵעֹבְרִ֣ים בֶּ֔טַח שׁוּבֵ֖י מִלְחָמָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Even of lateאֶתְמוֹל'ethmôl 'ithmôl 'ethmûl · previouslyH865
• my peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• is risen upקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965
• as an enemyאֹיֵב'ôyêb 'ôyêb · enemyH341
• ye pull offפָּשַׁטpâshaţ · to stripH6584
• the robeאֶ֫דֶר'eder · robeH145
• withמוּלmûl môl mô'l mûl · oppositeH4136
• the garmentשַׂלְמָהώalmâh · garmentH8008
• from them that passעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• by securelyבֶּ֫טַחbeţach · securityH983
• as men averseשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• from warמִלְחָמָהmilchâmâh · battleH4421

Cross-references for Micah 2:8

• 2 Chronicles 28:5Because of this, the Lord his God put Ahaz under the power of the king of Syria. Syria's army won a battle against Ahaz's men. The king of Syria took many of Ahaz's people to Damascus as his prisoners. The Lord also allowed the king of Israel to attack Ahaz. Israel's soldiers completely won the battle against Ahaz.
• Isaiah 9:21Manasseh's tribe and Ephraim's tribe fight against each other. Then they join together to attack Judah. But the Lord is still angry. His hand is ready to hit them again.
• 2 Samuel 20:19The people of this city like to live in peace. We are faithful to our nation, Israel. Have you decided to destroy such an important city in Israel? Why do you want to destroy a city that belongs to the Lord?’
• 2 Chronicles 28:8The Israelites took hold of 200,000 wives, sons and daughters of Judah's soldiers. They took them as their prisoners, even though they were their relatives. They also carried away to Samaria a lot of valuable things.
• Psalms 55:20But my friend has turned against his own friends. He has not been a true friend, as he promised to be.
• Psalms 120:6I have lived too long with people that hate peace.

Commentaries on Micah 2:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8My people is risen up as an enemy - Ye are not only opposed to me, but ye are enemies to each other. Ye rob and spoil each other. Ye plunder the peaceable passenger; depriving him both of his upper and under garment; ye pull off the robe from those who, far from being spoilers themselves, are averse from war.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Even of late - (Literally, yesterday.) Jerome: “He imputeth not past sins, but those recent and, as it were, of yesterday.” “My people is risen up vehemently”. God upbraideth them tenderly by the title, “Mine own people,” as John complaineth, “He came unto His own, and His own received Him not” John 1:11. God became not their enemy, but they arose as one man, - “is risen up,” the whole of it, as His. In Him they might have had peace and joy and assured…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-11Verses 6-11 Since they say, "Prophesy not," God will take them at their word, and their sin shall be their punishment. Let the physician no longer attend the patient that will not be healed. Those are enemies, not only to God, but to their country, who silence good ministers, and stop the means of grace. What bonds will hold those who have no reverence for God's word? Sinners cannot expect to rest in a land they have polluted. You shall not only be…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-10Mistreating their fellow Israelites was like attacking the Lord and his prophet. The people were at fault, not Micah's inspired and righteous message.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. Your ways are not such that I can deal with you as I would with the upright. Even of late--literally, "yesterday," "long ago." So "of old." Hebrew, "yesterday" (Is 30:33); "heretofore," Hebrew, "since yesterday" (Jos 3:4). my people is risen up as an enemy--that is, has rebelled against My precepts; also has become an enemy to the unoffending passers-by. robe with the garment--Not content with the outer "garment," ye greedily rob passers-by of the…Read the comment

Topics related to Micah 2:8

• Micah

In the dictionaries

• Breaker
• Averse
• Micah (2)
• Secure; Security

Commentaries on Micah 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings