John Calvin Commentary Micah 2:9

"The women of my people ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their young children ye take away my glory for ever." — Micah 2:9 (ASV)

He proceeds with the same subject: that they refrained from no acts of injustice. It was indeed a proof of extreme barbarity not to spare women and children, for they are both weak and helpless. Their sex exempts women from violence, and their age exempts children. Even in wars, women and children usually escape to safety.

From this, we see that the Prophet, by stating a part for the whole, proves here that the people had become addicted to truly barbarous cruelty; they were not restrained from exercising it, not even on women and children. Since this was the case, it follows that their boast of being the chosen people was empty and fallacious.

He attributes the term House of delights to the women who, as the weaker sex, prefer being at home and in the shade, rather than going out. It was all the more necessary, therefore, that their private dwellings should remain safe for them. Now, what was taken from the children, God calls His ornament; for His blessing, poured out on children, is the mirror of His glory: He therefore condemns this plundering as sacrilege. The Hebrew word לעולם, laoulam, designates the continuance of their crimes, as if he had said that they were cruel without ever showing any repentance.