Micah 2:9

Old Testament Minor Prophet ASV (1901)

What does Micah 2:9 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “The women of my people ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their young children ye take away my glory for ever.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

The women of my people ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their young children ye take away my glory for ever.
Micah 2:9 — American Standard Version

Context — Micah 2

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
9The women of my people ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their young children ye take away my glory for ever.

What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“The women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant houses, etc.] 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, (<142808>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…”
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“The women of my people--that is, the widows of the men slain by you (Mic 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 (Exo 22:26-27); but these never restored their unlawful booty.”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“The women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant houses - (literally, from her pleasant house,) each from her home. These were probably the widows of those whom they had stripped. Since the houses were their’s, they were widows; and so their spoilers were at war with those whom God had committed to their special love, whom He had declared the objects of His own tender care, “the widows and the fatherless.” The widows they “drove vehemently forth”, as having no portion in the inheritance which God had given them, as God had driven out their enemies before them, each “from her pleasant house,” the home where she had lived with her husband and children in delight and joy. From (off)…”
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley (1703–1791) · Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Old Testament notes · 18th-century historical commentary
“The women - The widows. Of my people - Of Israelites, not strangers, that were by peculiar provision from God's law, to be tenderly dealt with, Exo 22:22. Cast out - You have turned out of their old habitations. From their children - You have turned their children out of their houses, and estates, which were secured by the law of God from any sale beyond the jubilee; yet you have confiscated them for ever. My glory - Which was the glory of my bounty to them. Micah 2:10”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“women: or, wives cast: Mic 2:2; Mat 23:14; Mar 12:40; Luk 20:47 from their children: Sa1 26:19; Joe 3:6 my glory: Psa 72:19; Eze 39:21; Hab 2:14; Zac 2:5; Co2 3:18, Co2 4:6 Micah 2:10”
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