Micah 2:9

The wives of my people, ye do even drive out, each from the house of her darlings,—from over her children, ye do take away mine ornament, as long as life shall last.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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, against my people, as an enemy, he setteth himself, from off the robe, they tear away, the cloak,—from such as are passing by with confidence, as men averse from war.

10Arise ye and depart, for, this, is not the place of rest,—Because it is defiled, it shall make desolate with a desolation that is ruthless.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 26:19Now, therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant,—If, Yahweh, have goaded thee on against me, let him accept the sweet smell of a gift, but, if the sons of men, accursed, they are before Yahweh, for they have driven me out, to-day, from joining myself with the inheritance of Yahweh, saying—Go, serve other gods!

Jeremiah 10:20My tent, is laid waste, And all my tent-cords, are broken,—My children, are gone forth from me and they, are not. There is none, To stretch out any more my tent, Or to set up my curtains.

Joel 3:6And, the sons of Judah and the sons of Jerusalem, ye sold to the sons of Greece,—that they might be far removed from their own boundary.

Habakkuk 2:14For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of Yahweh,—as, the waters, cover the sea.

Luke 20:47Who devour the houses of widows, and, for a show, are a long time at prayer. These, shall receive, a heavier sentence.

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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