Micah Chapter 2 verse 9 Holy Bible
The women of my people ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their young children ye take away my glory for ever.
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The 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.
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The women of my people do ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their young children do ye take away my magnificence for ever.
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The women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their children have ye taken away my glory for ever.
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You drive the women of my people out from their pleasant houses; From their young children you take away my blessing forever.
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The women of My people ye cast out from its delightful house, From its sucklings ye take away My honour to the age.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 9. - The women of my people. The prophet refers to the widows, who ought to have been protected and cared for (comp. Isaiah 10:2). The LXX., with which the Arabic agrees, renders, ἡγούμενοι λαοῦ μου, "the leaders of my people." Have ye cast out. The word expresses a violent expulsion, as Genesis 3:24. Their pleasant houses; literally, the house of their delights (Micah 1:16). The house which was very dear to them, the scene of all their joys. My glory. All the privileges which they enjoyed as God's people and his peculiar care are called "the ornament" of the Lord (comp. Ezekiel 16:14). The "glory" is by some commentators, but not so appositely, referred to vesture exclusively. These fatherless children had been ruthlessly stripped of their blessings either by being forced to grow up in want and ignorance, or by being sold into slavery and carried away from their old religious associations. Forever. The oppressors never repented or tried to make restitution; and so they incurred the special woe of those who injure the poor, the fatherless, and the widow (Pusey). The Septuagint has no connection with the present Hebrew text of this verse, reading, Ἐγγίσατε ὄρεσιν αἰωνίοις, "Draw ye near to the everlasting hills," and previously introducing a gloss, Διὰ τὰ πονηρὰ ἐπιτηδεύματα αὐτῶν ἐξώσθησαν, "They were rejected because of their evil practices." Jerome explains the Greek mystically, despairing of the literal interpretation in its present connection.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(9) The women of my people.--They spared not even the widows and fatherless, the objects of God's tender care.
