O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the LORD straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?
O thou that art named The house of Jacob - priding thyself on the name, though having naught of the spirit of thy progenitor. Also, bearing the name which ought to remind thee of God's favours granted to His because of His covenant with Jacob.
Is the Spirit of the Lord straitened? - is His compassion contracted within narrower limits now than formerly, so that He should delight in your destruction? (cf. Psalms 77:7-9; Isaiah 59:1-2).
Are these his doings? - i:e., are such threatenings His delight? Ye dislike the prophet's threatenings (Micah 2:6): but who is to blame? Not God, because He delights in blessing rather than threatening; but yourselves, (Micah 2:8) who provoke His threatenings (Grotius). Calvin translates, 'Are your doings such as are prescribed by Him?' Ye boast of being God's special people: do ye then conform your lives to God's law? I prefer this.
Do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly? - are not my words good to the upright? If your ways were upright, my words would not be threatening (cf. Psalms 18:26; Matthew 11:19; John 7:17). Your ways are not such that I can deal with you as I would with the upright.