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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

Albert Barnes

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

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Micah 2:4

In that day shall one take up a parable against you - The mashal or likeness may, in itself, be any speech in which one thing is likened to another:1) “figured speech,”2) “proverb,” and, since such proverbs were often sharp sayings against others,3) “taunting figurative speech.”But of the person himself it is always said, he “is made, becomes a proverb” Deuteronomy 28:37; 1Ki 9:7; 2 Chronicles 7:20; Psalms 44:15; Psalms 69:12; Jeremiah 24:9; Ezekiel 14:8. To take up or utter such a speech... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Micah 2:5

Therefore thou shalt have none that shall east a cord by lot in the congregation of the Lord - Thou, in the first instance, is the impenitent Jew of that day. God had promised by Hosea to restore Judah; shortly after, the prophet himself foretells it Micah 2:12. Now he forewarns these and such as these, that they would have no portion in it. They had “neither part nor lot in this matter” Acts 8:21. They, the not-Israel then, were the images and ensamples of the not-Israel afterward, those who... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Micah 2:6

Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy; they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame - The words are very emphatic in Hebrew, from their briefness, “Prophesy not; they shall indeed prophesy; they shall not prophesy to these; shame shall not depart.” The people, the false prophets, the politicians, forbade God and Micah to prophesy; “Prophesy not.” God, by Micah recites their prohibition to themselves, and forewarns them of the consequences.Prophesy ye not - ,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Micah 2:7

O thou that art named the house of Jacob - As Isaiah says, “Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel - which make mention of the God of Israel, not in truth, nor in righteousness. For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel” Isaiah 48:1. They boasted of what convicted them of faithlessness. They relied on being what in spirit they had ceased to be, what in deeds they denied, children of a believing forefather. It is the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Micah 2:8

Even of late - (Literally, yesterday.) Jerome: “He imputeth not past sins, but those recent and, as it were, of yesterday.” “My people is risen up vehemently”. God upbraideth them tenderly by the title, “Mine own people,” as John complaineth, “He came unto His own, and His own received Him not” John 1:11. God became not their enemy, but they arose as one man, - “is risen up,” the whole of it, as His. In Him they might have had peace and joy and assured gladness, but they arose in rebellion... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Micah 2:9

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... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Micah 2:3

Micah 2:3. Therefore, behold, against this family do I devise evil As they devise mischief against others, so will I devise an evil against them, as a due punishment for their sin. As they have unjustly deprived others of their inheritances, so a conquering enemy shall dispossess them and carry them into captivity. The word family is equivalent to people, as appears from Jeremiah 1:15. From which ye shall not remove your necks They laid snares for others, where open force would not... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Micah 2:4-6

Micah 2:4-6. In that day shall one take up a parable Shall use a figurative speech, against you A parable signifies a speech out of the ordinary way, as the Greek word παροιμια imports, and illustrated with metaphors or rhetorical figures. So speaking in parables is opposed to speaking plainly, John 16:25; John 16:29. And lament, &c. Your friends for you, and you for yourselves. He hath changed the portion of my people Their wealth, plenty, freedom, joy, and honour, into poverty,... read more

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