Micah 2:7

In Micah’s book, ‘Jacob’ refers to all *Israel. (Look at Micah 3:1.) The people were probably thinking about a verse from Exodus. ‘The *LORD is kind and gentle. He does not get angry quickly. He does not become impatient with us. He is full of great love’ (Exodus 34:6). But that is only part of the truth. The whole truth is this. God will do what he promised to the nation called *Israel. But he does good things only to those who do right things. It is true that God loves us. And he is kind to us. But the *prophets warn these people because they are not loyal to their *Lord. (See also Matthew 7:24-27; Matthew 7:1 Corinthians 6:9-11.)

These rich people have cheated the poor people for a long time. The *prophet warns the rich people. It is not the first time that a *prophet has done this. If the rich people are sensible, they will listen to the *prophet’s words. They will stop their bad practices. They will not act unfairly towards the poor people any longer.

v8 But you attack my people like enemies. You steal the clothes straight off their backs. People think that they are safe. But you take things from them. It is as if you steal from soldiers. And they have just returned home from battle. v9 You have taken pleasant houses from the women among my people. I would have done good things for their children for always, but you have stopped me.