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 Living Translation (NLT)You have evicted women from their pleasant homes and forever stripped their children of all that God would give them.

Context of Micah 2:9

7You who are named the house of Jacob: “Is the Spirit of the Lord restricted? Are these His doings? Do not My words do good To him who walks uprightly? 8“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. The women of My people you cast out From their pleasant houses; From their children You have taken away My glory forever. 10“Arise and depart, For this is not your rest; Because it is defiled, it shall destroy, Yes, with utter destruction. 11If a man should walk in a false spirit And speak a lie, saying, ‘I will prophesy to you of wine and drink,’ Even he would be the prattler of this people.

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 covet fields and take them by violence, Also houses, and seize them. So they oppress a man and his house, A man and his inheritance.
• Matthew 23:14Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.
• Mark 12:40who devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation.”
• Luke 20:47who devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation.”
• 1 Samuel 26:19Now therefore, please, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant: If the Lord has stirred you up against me, let Him accept an offering. But if it is the children of men, may they be cursed before the Lord, for they have driven me out this day from sharing in the inheritance of the Lord, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’
• Joel 3:6Also the people of Judah and the people of Jerusalem You have sold to the Greeks, That you may remove them far from their borders.
• Psalms 72:19And blessed be His glorious name forever! And let the whole earth be filled with His glory. Amen and Amen.
• Ezekiel 39:21“I will set My glory among the nations; all the nations shall 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,’ says the Lord, ‘will be a wall of fire all 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 by the Spirit of the Lord.
• 2 Corinthians 4:6For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus 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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In the dictionaries

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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