Micah 2:9

Micah 2:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their children have ye taken away my glory for ever.
• New International Version (NIV)You drive the women of my people from their pleasant homes. You take away my blessing from their children forever.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The women of my people you drive out from their delightful houses; from their young children you take away my splendor forever.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The women of My people you cast out From their pleasant houses; From their children You have taken away My glory forever.

Context of Micah 2:9

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. 8The 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. You 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. 11When a person speaks false messages to you, then you believe them. They might say that you would have plenty of wine and strong drink. That is the message that you would like!’

Micah 2:9 word by word

נְשֵׁ֤י עַמִּי֙ תְּגָ֣רְשׁ֔וּן מִבֵּ֖ית תַּֽעֲנֻגֶ֑יהָ מֵעַל֙ עֹֽלָלֶ֔יהָ תִּקְח֥וּ הֲדָרִ֖י לְעוֹלָֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The womenאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · womanH802
• of my peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• have ye cast outגָּרַשׁgârash · to drive out: divorceH1644
• from their pleasantתַּעֲנוּגta‛ănûg ta‛ănûg ta‛ănûgâh · luxuryH8588
• housesבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• from their childrenעוֹלֵל‛ôlêl ‛ôlâl · infantH5768
• have ye taken awayלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• my gloryהָדָרhâdâr · gloryH1926
• for everעוֹלָם‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm · forever: enduringH5769

Cross-references for Micah 2:9

• Micah 2:2When they want fields, they take them from other people. When they want houses, they take them. These cruel people take other people's homes and fields; then those people's families have nothing.
• Matthew 23:14[It will be very bad for you, teachers of God's Law and Pharisees. You are hypocrites! You take things away from women after their husbands have died. You pray for a long time so that other people will praise you. God will punish you much more than other people.]
• Mark 12:40But these men take things away from women after their husbands have died, even their houses. Then they pray for a long time so that other people will praise them. Because they do these things, God will punish those men much more than other people.’
• Luke 20:47They take things away from women after their husbands have died, even their houses. Then they pray for a long time so that other people will praise them. Because they do these things, God will punish those men much more than other people.’
• 1 Samuel 26:19My master and my king, please listen to me. Has the Lord made you angry with me? If that is true, a sacrifice to him may change his thoughts. But if men have made you turn against me, I ask the Lord to curse them. They have chased me out of the land that belongs to the Lord's people. They have said to me, “Go away and worship other gods!”
• Joel 3:6You sold the people from Judah and Jerusalem to the Greek people. You wanted to send them a long way from their own country.
• Psalms 72:19Praise his great name for ever! May his glory fill the whole earth! Amen! May that all happen!
• Ezekiel 39:21I will show my glory to all the nations. They will see that I can punish people. And they will know that I decide how and when to punish them.
• Habakkuk 2:14But people everywhere will one day recognize the Lord's great glory. Those people will fill the whole earth, as the waters fill the sea.
• Zechariah 2:5The Lord himself promises that he will be like a wall of fire round Jerusalem. He will shine as a beautiful light inside the city.’
• 2 Corinthians 3:18We show the power of the Lord to other people. It is like God has removed a cloth from over our faces. He is changing us so that we become more and more like him. We show how great God is more and more clearly. It is the Lord who does all this, by the work of his Spirit.
• 2 Corinthians 4:6God is the one who said, ‘Let light shine in the dark.’ And he is the one who has caused his light to shine deep inside us. Because of that, we know how great and powerful God is. We see that his power shines brightly in Christ's face.

Commentaries on Micah 2:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9The women of my people - Ye are the cause of the women and their children being carried into captivity - separated from their pleasant habitations, and from my temple and ordinances - and from the blessings of the covenant, which it is my glory to give, and theirs to receive. These two verses may probably relate to the war made on Ahaz by Rezin, king of Syria, and Pekah, king of Israel. They fell suddenly upon the Jews; killed in one day one hundred and…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9The women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant houses - (literally, from her pleasant house,) each from her home. These were probably the widows of those whom they had stripped. Since the houses were their‘s, they were widows; and so their spoilers were at war with those whom God had committed to their special love, whom He had declared the objects of His own tender care, “the widows and the fatherless.” The widows they “drove vehemently…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. 99. The women of my people--that is, the widows of the men slain by you (Mi 2:2) ye cast out from their homes which had been their delight, and seize on them for yourselves. from their children--that is, from the orphans of the widows. taken away my glory--namely, their substance and raiment, which, being the fruit of God's blessing on the young, reflected God's glory. Thus Israel's crime was not merely robbery, but sacrilege. Their sex did not save the…Read the comment

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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