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

7Should the descendants of Jacob be asked: Has the Spirit of the Lord become impatient with you? Has he done these things? Are his words good for those who live honestly? 8Recently, my people have turned into enemies. You take coats from those who pass by without a care as they return from war. You force the women among my people out of their pleasant homes and take my glory away from their children forever. 10Get up, and go away! This is not a place to rest! It will be destroyed, completely destroyed, because it offends me. 11Liars and frauds may go around and say, “We will preach to you about wine and liquor.” They would be just the type of preacher you want.

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 2:2They desire ⌞other people’s⌟ fields, so they seize them. They desire ⌞people’s⌟ houses, so they take them. They cheat a man and his family, a man and his inheritance.
• Mark 12:40They rob widows by taking their houses and then say long prayers to make themselves look good. The experts in Moses’ Teachings will receive the most severe punishment.”
• Luke 20:47They rob widows by taking their houses and then say long prayers to make themselves look good. The experts in Moses’ Teachings will receive the most severe punishment.”
• 1 Samuel 26:19Your Majesty, please listen to my words. If the Lord has turned you against me, let him be satisfied with an offering. But if mere mortals ⌞have turned you against me⌟, let them be cursed by the Lord. They have prevented me from having a share of the Lord’s inheritance. ‘Go and serve other gods,’ they tell me.
• Joel 3:6You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks. That way you could send them far away from their land.
• Psalms 72:19Thanks be to his glorious name forever. May the whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen and amen!
• Ezekiel 39:21“I will show my greatness among the nations. All the nations will see how I will turn my power against them to punish them.
• Habakkuk 2:14But the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the Lord’s glory like the water covers the sea.
• Zechariah 2:5I will be a wall of fire around it, declares the Lord. I will be the glory within it.’
• 2 Corinthians 3:18As all of us reflect the Lord’s glory with faces that are not covered with veils, we are being changed into his image with ever-increasing glory. This comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
• 2 Corinthians 4:6We are his servants because the same God who said that light should shine out of darkness has given us light. For that reason we bring to light the knowledge about God’s glory which shines from 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