Micah 2:8

Lately my people have risen up like an enemy. 1 You strip the robe, the garment, from those who pass by unsuspectingly, 1 as soldiers return from war to what they think is safety. 1

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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.

In Context

7Should it really be said, house of Jacob, 1 “Is the Spirit of Yahweh angry? 1 Are these really his deeds?” 1 Do not my words do good 1 to anyone who walks uprightly? 1

9You drive the women belonging to my people from their pleasant houses; 1 you take my blessing from their young children forever. 1

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 28:5Therefore Yahweh the God of Ahaz gave him into the hand of the king of Aram. The Arameans defeated him and carried away from him a great crowd of prisoners, bringing them to Damascus. Ahaz was also given into the hand of the king of Israel who defeated him in a great slaughter.

Psalms 120:6For too long I have lived 1 with those who hate peace. 1

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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