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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Micah 6:6-8

6-8 These verses seem to contain the substance of Balak's consultation with Balaam how to obtain the favour of Israel's God. Deep conviction of guilt and wrath will put men upon careful inquiries after peace and pardon, and then there begins to be some ground for hope of them. In order to God's being pleased with us, our care must be for an interest in the atonement of Christ, and that the sin by which we displease him may be taken away. What will be a satisfaction to God's justice? In whose... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Micah 6:1-8

A Call to Repentance v. 1. Hear ye now what the Lord saith, in this closing address to the Israelites, Arise, contend thou before the mountains, the prophet being called upon to be a witness of the judicial controversy which was to be decided in the presence of the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice, for the mountains and hills, having stood during the time of Israel's entire history, could witness to the facts which were here brought out. v. 2. Hear ye, O mountains, the Lord's... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Micah 6:1-16

SECOND DIVISIONFOURTH DISCOURSEMicah 6-7Micah 6:1 Hear ye, I pray, what Jehovah saith :Rise thou, wage a controversy before the mountains,And let the hills hear thy voice !2 Hear, ye mountains, Jehovah’s controversy,And ye immovable foundations of the earth !For Jehovah hath a controversy with his people,And with Israel will he dispute.3 My people, what have I done unto thee ?And wherein have I wearied thee ?Testify against me.4 For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt,And out of the... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Micah 6:1-16

“What Doth the Lord Require of Thee?” Micah 6:1-16 In Micah 6:1-4 the prophet returns from his vision of the future to the actual condition of his people, which was utterly desperate. The mountains, as the most enduring monuments of nature, are summoned as witnesses in the great trial between Jehovah and His people. Like Israel, we have been delivered from the house of bondage with infinite love, but how wayward and willful we have been! Micah 6:5-8 prove the impotence of a religion which is... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Micah 6:1-16

This closing section is dramatic and magnificent. The prophet summoned Israel and the mountains to hear the controversy of Jehovah with His people. The key-word is "Jehovah . . . will plead." From that point the address falls into dramatic form. It sets forth the controversy in which Jehovah, the prophet, and the people take part. Jehovah utters a plaintive appeal in which He asks His people what He has done to weary them. In answer, the people inquire how they may appear before Him, in view... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 6:1-8

Micah Now Calls On Creation To Witness YHWH’s Case Against Israel, And Finishes By Stating YHWH’s Requirements. (Micah 6:1-8 ) Knowing that the people might be puzzled as to why YHWH should treat His people as described in Micah 5:10-15, Micah, having called on creation as witnesses, now presents YHWH’s case. The people respond to His case and reveal in their response their total lack of understanding of what YHWH is really like. Their view is that He can be pacified with offerings and gifts.... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 6:1-8

Micah 6:1-Ruth : . Popular v. Prophetic Religion.— The classical summary of prophetic religion in Micah 6:8 is introduced by the figure frequently employed ( Hosea 4:1; Hosea 12:2, Isaiah 3:13, Isaiah 43:26, Jeremiah 25:31) of a legal controversy between Yahweh and His people. Possibly this figure did not originally precede Micah 6:6-Ruth :, as the terms of the address” O man! are broader than we should expect if Israel had been addressed. The period of Manasseh’ s reign, i.e. the seventh... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Micah 6:6

In the foregoing part of the chapter you have God’s resolution to have a hearing, Micah 6:1,Micah 6:2, and his plea for himself against an ungrateful people, Micah 6:3-5. Now in this verse you have the result, which is either an unfeigned submission, and justification of God’s just proceedings, made by some of the best of this people, or else an inquiry made by men among them, who did yet retain some opinion of their own integrity; much like those Isaiah 58:3, they were ready to say, We have... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Micah 6:3-8

CRITICAL NOTES.] Micah 6:3. What] opens the suit. Israel, tired with the dealings of God, had backslided from him. Wearied] By demanding what is irksome (Isaiah 43:23; 1 John 5:3); or failing to perform what is promised (Jeremiah 2:31). Micah 6:4. For] God had done good only, deliverance from Egypt and guidance by Moses the chief proofs of it. Micah 6:5. Now] A very tender word, like our “do now remember,” or “do remember,” beseeching instead of commanding [Pusey]. The special period mentioned... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Micah 6:6-8

Micah 6:6-8 Many and various, in all ages, have been the answers to this question, but in spirit and principle they reduce themselves to the three which in these verses are tacitly rejected, that the fourth may be established for all time. I. The first answer is, Will Levitical sacrifices suffice? "Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?" i.e. "Shall I do some outward act or acts to please God?" Men are ever tempted to believe in this virtue of doing something... read more