Micah 2:8

Micah 2:8

Lying Prophets

6 “Do not prattle,” you say to those who¹ prophesy.
So they shall not prophesy¹ to you;
¹They shall not return insult for insult.

7 You who are named the house of Jacob:
“Is the Spirit of the Lord restricted?
Are these His doings?
Do not My words do good
To him who walks uprightly?

8 “Lately My people have risen up as an enemy—
You pull off the robe with the garment
From those who trust you, as they pass by,
Like men returned from war.

9 The women of My people you cast out
From their pleasant houses;
From their children
You have taken away My glory forever.

10 “Arise and depart,
For this is not your ^arest;
Because it is ^bdefiled, it shall destroy,
Yes, with utter destruction.

11 If a man should walk in a false spirit
And speak a lie, saying,
‘I will¹ prophesy to you of wine and drink,’
Even he would be the ^aprattler of this people.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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Your ways are not such that I can deal with you as I would with the upright.

Even of late—literally, "yesterday," "long ago." So "of old." Hebrew, "yesterday" (Isaiah 30:33); "heretofore," Hebrew, "since yesterday" (Joshua 3:4).

my people is risen up as an enemy—that is, has rebelled against My precepts; also has become an enemy to the unoffending passers-by.

robe with the garment—Not content with the outer "garment," ye greedily rob passers-by of the ornamental "robe" fitting the body closely and flowing down to the feet [LUDOVICUS DE DIEU] (Matthew 5:40).

as men averse from war—in antithesis to (My people) "as an enemy." Israel treats the innocent passers-by, though "averse from war," as an enemy" would treat captives in his power, stripping them of their habiliments as lawful spoils. GROTIUS translates, "as men returning from war," that is, as captives over whom the right of war gives the victors an absolute power. English Version is supported by the antithesis.

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