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Sforno on Deuteronomy 22:24/ספורנו על דברים כ״ב:כ״ד

אאֲשֶׁר עִנָּה אֶת אֵשֶׁת רֵעֵהוּ. הֶעֱנָה וְהִשְׁפִּיל אוֹתָהּ מִכְּשֵׁרוּתָהּ וּפָסַל אוֹתָהּ מִהֱיוֹתָהּ עוֹד רְאוּיָה לְבַעְלָהּ רֵעֵהוּ, כְּעִנְיַן ״נְשֵׁי עַמִּי תְּגָרְשׁוּן מִבֵּית תַּעֲנֻגֶיהָ״ (מיכה ב:ט).
1אשר ענה את אשת רעהו, he violated her and made her unfit to continue being the wife of her betrothed. We find a similar expression in Michah 2,9 נשי עמי תגרשון מבית תענוגיה, “you drive the women of My people away from their pleasure homes.” [compare Nachmanides who explains that the woman is not considered as an unwilling helpless victim in the scenario described by the Torah here. Hence the comparison with the chapter in Michah by our author is not so baffling. Ed.]