Catholic Public Domain Version
"You have evicted the women among my people from their delicate houses. You have taken my praise forever from their little ones. "
— Micah 2:9, Catholic Public Domain Version
“The women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their children have ye taken away my glory for ever.”
“The women of my people ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their young children ye take away my glory for ever. ”
“You drive the women of my people out from their pleasant houses; from their young children you take away my blessing forever.”
“You wrongly evict widows among my people from their cherished homes. You defraud their children of their prized inheritance.”
“You have cast out the women of my people from their houses, in which they took delight: you have taken my praise forever from their children.”
“The women of my people you have been driving away from their dearly loved children; from their young ones you are taking my glory for ever.”
“The women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their children have ye taken away my glory for ever.”
Do not speak by saying, “It will not drop on these ones; shame will not embrace them.”
The house of Jacob says, “Has the Spirit of the Lord been weakened, or are such things his thoughts?” Are not my words good for him who walks uprightly?
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.
You have evicted the women among my people from their delicate houses. You have taken my praise forever from their little ones.
Rise and depart, for there is no relief for you here. Because of its uncleanness, it will be corrupted with a most wicked decay.
I wish that I were not a man who has breath, and that I rather spoke a lie. I will drop it down to you in wine and in drunkenness. And it will be this people on whom it will rain down.
I will gather together in a congregation all of you, Jacob. I will lead together as one, the remnant of Israel. I will set them together like a flock in the fold, like a sheep in the midst of the sheep pen. They will cause a tumult before the multitude of men.