Albert Barnes Commentary Micah 2:8

"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." — Micah 2:8 (ASV)

Even of late - (Literally, yesterday.) Jerome says: “He imputes not past sins, but those recent and, as it were, of yesterday.” My people is risen up vehemently. God upbraids them tenderly by the title “My own people,” just as John complains, He came to His own, and His own received Him not (John 1:11).

God did not become their enemy, but they arose as one man—is risen up, the whole of them, His own. In Him they might have had peace, joy, and assured gladness. However, they arose in rebellion against Him, repaying Him evil for good (as unfaithful Christians do to Christ), and brought war upon their own heads. This they did through their sins against their brethren. By casting off the love of man, they alienated themselves from the love of God.

You pull off (strip off violently) the robe with the garment - This literally means “over against the cloak.” The שׂלמה s'almâh is the large, enveloping cloak, which was worn loosely over other clothing and served by night for a covering (Deuteronomy 22:17). Eder, translated “robe,” is probably not any single garment, but the remaining dress—the fine, suitable array of the person.

These garments they stripped violently from peaceable, unoffending persons who were off their guard, passing by securely, men averse from war and strife. They stripped them of their clothing by day, leaving them half-naked, and of their covering for the night. Thus, by making war against God’s peaceful people, they, as it were, made war against God.