Micah 2:10

Micah 2:10

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.

Israel Restored

12 “I^a will surely assemble all of you, O Jacob,
I will surely gather the remnant of Israel;
I will put them together ^blike sheep of the fold,
Like a flock in the midst of their pasture;
^cThey shall make a loud noise because of so many people.

13 The one who breaks open will come up before them;
They will break out,
Pass through the gate,
And go out by it;
^aTheir king will pass before them,
^bWith the Lord at their head.”

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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Arise ye, and depart—not an exhortation to the children of God to depart out of an ungodly world, as it is often applied; though that sentiment is a scriptural one. This world is doubtless not our "rest," being "polluted" with sin: it is our passage, not our portion; our aim, not our home (II Corinthians 6:17; Hebrews 13:14). The imperatives express the certainty of the future event predicted. "Since such are your doings (compare Micah 2:7-8, etc.), My sentence on you is irrevocable (Micah 2:4-5), however distasteful to you (Micah 2:6); ye who have cast out others from their homes and possessions (Micah 2:2, Micah 2:8-9) must arise, depart, and be cast out of your own (Micah 2:4-5): for this is not your rest" (Numbers 10:33; Deuteronomy 12:9; Psalms 95:11). Canaan was designed to be a rest to them after their wilderness fatigues. But it is to be so no longer. Thus God refutes the people's self-confidence, as if God were bound to them inseparably. The promise (Psalms 132:14) is quite consistent with temporary withdrawal of God from Israel for their sins.

it shall destroy you—The land shall spew you out, because of the defilements wherewith ye "polluted" it (Leviticus 18:25, Leviticus 18:28; Jeremiah 3:2; Ezekiel 36:12-14).

**Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Micah 2:10:**

Job 6:24-25
Song of Solomon 2:10-11
Song of Solomon 2:14
Micah 2:1
2 Corinthians 6:17

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