Micah 2:8b–10
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2:9You wrongly evict widows25 among my people from their cherished homes.
You defraud their children26 of their prized inheritance.27
2:10But you are the ones who will be forced to leave!28
For this land is not secure!29
Sin will thoroughly destroy it!30
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- 25 Heb “women.” This may be a synecdoche of the whole (women) for the part (widows).
- 26 Heb “her little children” or “her infants”; , “young children.”
- 27 Heb “from their children you take my glory forever.” The yod (י) ending on הֲדָרִי (hadariy) is usually taken as a first person common singular suffix (“my glory”). But it may be the archaic genitive ending (“glory of”) in the construct expression “glory of perpetuity,” that is, “perpetual glory.” In either case, this probably refers to the dignity or honor the Lord bestowed on each Israelite family by giving them a share of his land to be inherited perpetually from one generation to another within each family. The term הָדָר (hadar) may refer to possessions that a person prizes (Lam 1:6).
- 28 Heb “Arise and go!” These imperatives are rhetorical. Those who wrongly drove widows and orphans from their homes and land inheritances will themselves be driven out of the land (cf. Isa 5:8–17). This is an example of poetic justice.
- 29 Heb “for this is no resting place.” The Lord speaks to the oppressors.
- 30 Heb “uncleanness will destroy, and destruction will be severe.”
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
But lately my people have risen up as an enemy;
you strip the rich robe from those who pass by trustingly
with no thought of war.
The women of my people you drive out
from their delightful houses;
from their young children you take away
my splendor forever.
Arise and go,
for this is no place to rest,
because of uncleanness that destroys
with a grievous destruction.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Lately my people have risen up
like an enemy.
You strip off the rich robe
from those who pass by without a care,
like men returning from battle.
You drive the women of my people
from their pleasant homes.
You take away my blessing
from their children forever.
Get up, go away!
For this is not your resting place,
because it is defiled,
it is ruined, beyond all remedy.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
But recently my people have risen up
like an enemy:
You strip off the splendid robe
from those who are passing through confidently,
like those returning from war.
You force the women of my people
out of their comfortable homes,
and you take my blessing
from their children forever.
Get up and leave,
for this is not your place of rest
because defilement brings destruction—
a grievous destruction!
Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers
NLTNew Living Translation
Yet to this very hour
my people rise against me like an enemy!
You steal the shirts right off the backs
of those who trusted you,
making them as ragged as men
returning from battle.
You have evicted women from their pleasant homes
and forever stripped their children of all that God would give them.
Up! Begone!
This is no longer your land and home,
for you have filled it with sin
and ruined it completely.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
But recently my people have risen up as an enemy;
from before the cloak you strip off the robe
from those passing by in confidence,
returning from war.
You have driven out the women of my people
from the houses of their pleasure.
From their children you have taken away
my glory forever.
Arise and go,
for this is no resting place,
on account of uncleanness that destroys
with painful destruction.
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KJV 1900King James Version
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.
The women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant houses;
From their children have ye taken away my glory for ever.
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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