Micah 2:10
8 But of late My people have risen up like an enemy: You strip off the splendid robe from unsuspecting passersby like men returning from battle.
9 You drive the women of My people from their pleasant homes. You take away My blessing from their children forever.
Arise and depart, for this is not your place of rest, because its defilement brings destruction— a grievous destruction!
11 If a man of wind were to come and say falsely, “I will preach to you of wine and strong drink,” he would be just the preacher for this people!
12 I will surely gather all of you, O Jacob; I will collect the remnant of Israel. I will bring them together like sheep in a pen, like a flock in the midst of its pasture— a noisy throng.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Arise and depart, for this is not your place of rest, because its defilement brings destruction— a grievous destruction!
- KJV
- Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction.
- WEB
- Arise, and depart! For this is not your resting place, because of uncleanness that destroys, even with a grievous destruction.
- ASV
- Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your resting-place; because of uncleanness that destroyeth, even with a grievous destruction.
- DARBY
- Arise ye, and depart; for this is not the resting-place, because of defilement that bringeth destruction, even a grievous destruction.
- BLB
- Rise and depart, for this [is] not a resting place, because it is defiled; it is destroyed and [its] destruction is grievous!
- ÅB
- Reis dere og dra bort!
For dette er ikke hvilestedet.
For urenhetens skyld blir det ødelagt —
hard ødeleggelse. - OTB
- Stå opp og gå,
For dette er ikke et hvilested
På grunn av urenheten som bringer ødeleggelse,
En smertefull ødeleggelse. - B1930
- Stå op og dra bort! For her er ikke eders hvilested, for eders urenhets skyld, som volder fordervelse, svær fordervelse.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 12:9
For you have not yet come to the resting place and the inheritance that the LORD your God is giving you.
Read in contextPsalms 106:38
They shed innocent blood— the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood.
Read in context2 Kings 17:6
In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.
Read in contextHebrews 4:1–9
Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be deemed to have fallen short of it.
Read in context1 Kings 9:7
then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. Then Israel will become an object of scorn and ridicule among all peoples.
Read in contextLeviticus 20:22–26
You are therefore to keep all My statutes and ordinances, so that the land where I am bringing you to live will not vomit you out.
Read in context2 Kings 15:29
In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and he took the people as captives to Assyria.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 30:18
I declare to you today that you will surely perish; you shall not prolong your days in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.
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