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

7Is it being said, O house of Jacob: ‘Is the Spirit of the Lord impatient? Are these His doings?’ Do not My words do good To the one walking uprightly? 8Recently My people have arisen as an enemy-- You strip the robe off the garment From unsuspecting passers-by, From those returned from war. The women of My people you evict, Each one from her pleasant house. From her children you take My splendor forever. 10Arise and go, For this is no place of rest Because of the uncleanness that brings on destruction, A painful destruction. 11If a man walking after wind and falsehood Had told lies and said, ‘I will speak out to you concerning wine and liquor,’ He would be spokesman to this people.

Micah 2:9 word by word

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

• The womenאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · womanH802
• of My peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• evictגָּרַשׁgârash · to drive out: divorceH1644
• from her pleasantתַּעֲנוּגta‛ănûg ta‛ănûg ta‛ănûgâh · luxuryH8588
• houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• From her childrenעוֹלֵל‛ôlêl ‛ôlâl · infantH5768
• you takeלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• splendorהָדָרhâdâr · gloryH1926
• foreverעוֹלָם‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm · forever: enduringH5769

Cross-references for Micah 2:9

• Micah 2:2They covet fields and then seize them, And houses, and take them away. They rob a man and his house, A man and his inheritance.
• Matthew 23:14[Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense you make long prayers; therefore you will receive greater condemnation.]
• Mark 12:40who devour widows’ houses, and for appearance’s sake offer long prayers; these will receive greater condemnation.”
• Luke 20:47who devour widows’ houses, and for appearance’s sake offer long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation.”
• 1 Samuel 26:19Now therefore, please let my lord the king listen to the words of his servant. If the Lord has stirred you up against me, let Him accept an offering; but if it is men, cursed are they before the Lord, for they have driven me out today so that I would have no attachment with the inheritance of the Lord, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’
• Joel 3:6and sold the sons of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks in order to remove them far from their territory,
• Psalms 72:19And blessed be His glorious name forever; And may the whole earth be filled with His glory. Amen, and Amen.
• Ezekiel 39:21“And I will set My glory among the nations; and all the nations will see My judgment which I have executed and My hand which I have laid on them.
• Habakkuk 2:14For the earth will be filled With the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, As the waters cover the sea.
• Zechariah 2:5For I,’ declares the Lord, ‘will be a wall of fire around her, and I will be the glory in her midst.’”
• 2 Corinthians 3:18But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.
• 2 Corinthians 4:6For God, who said, “Light shall shine out of darkness,” is the One who has shone in our hearts to give the Light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.

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