Micah 2:9

9 "The women of My people you 1evict, Each one from her pleasant house. From her children you take My 2splendor forever.

Micah 2:9 Meaning and Commentary

Micah 2:9

The women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant
houses
Not content to slay their husbands, they took their wives or widows captive, dispossessed them of their habitations, where they had lived delightfully with their husbands and children; so we find that, at the time before referred to, the people of Israel carried captive of their brethren two hundred thousand women, and brought them to Samaria, ( 2 Chronicles 28:8 ) . Some understand this of divorce, which those men were the cause of, either by committing adultery with them, which was a just reason for their husband's divorcing them; or by frequenting their houses, which caused suspicion and jealousy: from their children have ye taken away my glory for ever;
that which God would have had glory from, and they would have given it to him on account of; as their being brought up in a religious way; their liberties, both civil and religious; their paternal estates and inheritances, and the enjoyment of their own land; and especially the worship of God in the temple, of which they were deprived by being carried away from their own country: or it may be understood of the glory that accrues to God by honourable marriage, and the bed undefiled; and the dishonour cast upon him by the contrary, as well as upon children, who may be suspected to be illegitimate.

Micah 2:9 In-Context

7 "Is 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?
8 "Recently My people have arisen as an enemy - You strip the robe off the garment From unsuspecting passers-by, From those returned from war.
9 "The women of My people you evict, Each one from her pleasant house. From her children you take My splendor forever.
10 "Arise and go, For this is no place of rest Because of the uncleanness that brings on destruction, A painful destruction.
11 "If 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.

Cross References 2

  • 1. Jeremiah 10:20
  • 2. Ezekiel 39:21; Habakkuk 2:14
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