Micah 2:9

The women of my people ye cast out from their pleasant abodes; Ye deprive their children forever of the glory which I gave them.

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

The women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their children have ye taken away my glory for ever.

In Context

8But long since hath my people risen against me, as an enemy; Ye strip the mantle from the garment of those that pass by securely, as men returning from war.

10Arise and depart; This land is not your rest! On account of its pollution shall it be wasted, And given to utter destruction.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 10:20My tent is torn down, And all my cords broken. My children are gone forth from me, and are no more; There is none to stretch forth my tent any more, Or to set up my curtains.

Joel 3:6The sons also of Judah, and the sons of Jerusalem, Ye have sold to the Grecians, That ye might remove them far from their border.

Habakkuk 2:14For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of Jehovah, As the waters cover the sea.

Matthew 23:13But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites I because ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for ye go not in yourselves, nor suffer those who are entering to go in.

Luke 20:47who devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers. These will receive a far greater condemnation.

Matthew Henry on Micah 2:7-12

Expostulation with the House of Jacob; The Sin and Punishment of Oppression. ( b. c. 740.) 6 Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame. 7 O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the Lord straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly? 8 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. 9 The… Read the whole commentary →

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