Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Micah 2:3
Such had been their habitual doings. They had done all this, he says, as one continuous act, up to that time. They were habitually devisers of iniquity, doers of evil. It was ever-renewed. By night they sinned in heart and thought; by day, in act. And so he speaks of it in the present. They do it. But, although renewed in fresh acts, it was one unbroken course of acting. And so he also uses the form, in which the Hebrews spoke of uninterrupted habits, They have coveted, they have robbed, they... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 2:9
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... read more