Micah 2 · Verse 9

Micah 2:9

The women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their children have ye taken away my glory for ever.
Micah 2:9, King James Version

Micah 2:9 in other translations

BSBYou drive the women of My people from their pleasant homes. You take away My blessing from their children forever.
WEBYou drive the women of my people out from their pleasant houses; from their young children you take away my blessing forever.
ASVThe women of my people ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their young children ye take away my glory for ever.
YLTThe women of My people ye cast out from its delightful house, From its sucklings ye take away My honour to the age.
DARBYThe women of my people do ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their young children do ye take away my magnificence for ever.
BBEThe women of my people you have been driving away from their dearly loved children; from their young ones you are taking my glory for ever.
WebsterThe women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their children have ye taken away my glory for ever.

What does Micah 2:9 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
9. 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 women, nor their age the children from violence. for ever--There was no repentance. They persevered in sin. The pledged garment was to be restored to the poor before sunset (Ex 22:26, 27); but these never restored their unlawful booty.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 9 The 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 twenty thousand, and took two hundred thousand captive; and carried away much spoil. Thus, they rose up against them as enemies, when there was peace between the two kingdoms; spoiled them of their goods, carried away men, women, and children, till, at the remonstrances of the prophet Oded, they were released. See 2Chr 28:6, etc. Micah lived in the days of Ahaz, and might have seen the barbarities which he here describes.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Micah 2:6-11

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…

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Micah 2:9 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

נְשֵׁ֤יne.Shei[the] women ofH802
עַמִּי֙'a.Mipeople myH5971
תְּגָ֣רְשׁ֔וּןte.Ga.re.Shunyou drive out !H1644
מִבֵּ֖יתmi.Beitfrom [the] house ofH1004
תַּֽעֲנֻגֶ֑יהָta.'a.nu.Gei.hadelights herH8588
מֵעַל֙me.'Alfrom withH5921
עֹֽלָלֶ֔יהָ'o.la.Lei.hachildren herH5768
תִּקְח֥וּtik.Chuyou take awayH3947
הֲדָרִ֖יha.da.Riglory myH1926
לְעוֹלָֽם\׃le.'o.Lamfor everH5769

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Micah 2:9

  • Ezekiel 39:21

    And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them.

  • Habakkuk 2:14

    For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.

  • Luke 20:47

    Which devour widows’ houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation.

  • 2 Corinthians 3:18

    But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

  • Psalms 72:19

    And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.

  • 1 Samuel 26:19

    Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the Lord have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be they before the Lord; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the Lord, saying, Go, serve other gods.

  • Matthew 23:13

    But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.

  • Zechariah 2:5

    For I, saith the Lord, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.

  • Joel 3:6

    The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border.

  • 2 Corinthians 4:6

    For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

  • Micah 2:2

    And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.

  • Jeremiah 10:20

    My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth of me, and they are not: there is none to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
women. or, wives. cast.
2; Mt 23:14; Mr 12:40; Lu 20:47
from their children.
1Sa 26:19; Joe 3:6
my glory.
Ps 72:19; Eze 39:21; Hab 2:14; Zec 2:5; 2Co 3:18; 4:6

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Context

  • Micah 2:8

    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.

  • Micah 2:9

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

  • Micah 2:10

    Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction.

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Micah 2:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		A las mujeres de mi pueblo echasteis fuera de las casas de sus delicias: á sus niños quitasteis mi perpetua alabanza.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		vous avez chassé les femmes de mon peuple des maisons de leurs délices; de dessus leurs enfants, vous avez ôté ma magnificence, pour toujours.
German
Elberfelder 1871		die Weiber meines Volkes vertreibet ihr aus dem Hause ihrer Wonne, von ihren Kindern nehmet ihr meinen Schmuck auf immer. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Mulieres populi mei ejecistis de domo deliciarum suarum; a parvulis earum tulistis laudem meam in perpetuum.