Micah 2:8 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁸ 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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ But lately (yesterday) My people have stood up as an enemy [and have made Me their antagonist]. Off from the garment you strip the cloak of those who pass by in secure confidence of safety and are averse to war.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ But of late my people is risen up as an enemy: ye strip the robe from off the garment from them that pass by securely as men averse from war.

Common English Bible

⁸ But yesterday, my people, the LORD rose up as an enemy. You strip off the glorious clothes from trusting passersby, those who reject war.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ But, to the contrary, my people have risen up in opposition. You have lifted the cover from the undergarment, and those who passed by harmlessly, you have converted into war.

Micah 2:8 Cross References

2 Samuel 20:19

I am one of the peaceful and faithful in Israel, but you’re trying to destroy a city that is like a mother in Israel. Why would you devour the Lord’s inheritance? ’

Isaiah 9:21

Manasseh eats Ephraim, and Ephraim, Manasseh; together, both are against Judah. In all this, his anger has not turned away, and his hand is still raised to strike.

Jeremiah 12:8

My inheritance has behaved towards me like a lion in the forest. She has roared against me. Therefore, I hate her.

Micah 3:2

You hate good and love evil. You tear off people’s skin and strip their flesh from their bones.

Micah 3:3

You eat the flesh  of my people after you strip their skin from them and break their bones. You chop them up like flesh for the cooking pot, like meat in a cauldron.’

Micah 7:2

Faithful people have vanished from the land; there is no one upright among the people. All of them wait in ambush to shed blood; they hunt each other with a net.

Micah 7:3

Both hands are good  at accomplishing evil: the official and the judge demand a bribe; when the powerful man communicates his evil desire, they plot it together.