Micah says the people rise up like an enemy and strip the rich robe from those who pass by trustingly. He also says they drive women from their pleasant houses and take glory from children forever (Micah 2:8–9).
In Micah 2:8–9, the prophet levels fresh accusations: people who should belong to God have begun acting like enemies. They target ordinary passersby, stripping off clothing from those who feel safe. The abuse then moves into the home: women are forced out of their comfortable houses, and children are deprived of what the speaker calls “my glory” for good. These lines sit inside a larger stretch of accusation in Micah 2, where wrongdoing is described in concrete, everyday terms. Earlier, the text condemns planning harm and taking property (fields and houses) by power (see Micah 2:1–2).
Micah 2:8–9 presents moral charges in everyday scenes. People who are still called “my people” behave like an enemy from within the community. The wrongdoing is not abstract; it is pictured as street-level theft from travelers and household-level displacement of women and loss for children.
A careful answer keeps the immediate passage, the book's argument, and the whole-Bible storyline together, so the question is answered in context instead of as a detached idea.
Start with Micah 2:8-9, then read the surrounding section so the answer stays connected to the passage's flow.
8But of late my people is risen up as an enemy: you strip the robe from off the garment from those who pass by securely [as men] returned from war.
9The women of my people you cast out from their pleasant houses; from their young children you take away my glory forever.