Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?
Are there yet - notwithstanding all my warnings.
The treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked - is there to be no end of acquiring treasures by wickedness? Yahweh is speaking ().
Verse Micah 6:10. _ARE THERE YET THE TREASURES OF WICKEDNESS_] Such as false balances and deceitful weights. See on Hosea 12:7. This shows that they were not DOING JUSTLY. They did not _give to each h...
ARE THERE YET - Still after all the warnings and long-suffering of God, “the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked?” “Treasures of wickedness” are treasures gotten by wickedness; yet it m...
THE THIRD PROPHETIC DISCOURSE (6-7) CHAPTER 6 _ 1. The words of Jehovah to His people (Micah 6:1) _ 2. Israel's answer (Micah 6:6) 3. The moral demands of Jehovah (Micah 6:8) 4. The Lord must jud...
COMMERCIAL DISHONESTY AND ITS PUNISHMENT. This rather corrupt passage is quite distinct from Micah 6:1. It may have been written by Micah, and forms a parallel to his denunciation of agrarian dishones...
WICKEDNESS... WICKED. lawlessness... lawless. Hebrew. _rasha'_. THE SCANT MEASURE, &C. Note the word "abominable" below. In this form, only in Proverbs 22:14. MEASURE. ephah. See App-51. ABOMINABLE....
_GOD WAS DISPLEASED WITH CHEATING AND VIOLENCE -- MICAH 6:9-11:_ A wise man will listen to and obey the voice of Jehovah. He is the Lord and it makes sense to respect His power. He has power to bless...
GOD'S JUSTICE DEMANDS THE WICKED BE PUNISHED. Micah 6:9-16 RV. The voice of Jehovah crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom will see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it. Are there...
6:10 measure (b-16) Lit. 'ephah.'...
GOD'S ARRAIGNMENT OF HIS PEOPLE 1-8. Micah's message to the discouraged believers. They have lost heart because of the apparent contradiction between the promises of their prophets and the hard facts...
THE SCANT MEASURE] cp. Deuteronomy 24:14 f. Amos 8:5....
This was a message to the people that did business in the city. It was a message about evil behaviour in business. Good business is not just about how to increase profits. That was how the people in b...
MICAH SPEAKS A MESSAGE FROM GOD TO ALL THE NATIONS MICAH _LES PAINTER_ CHAPTER 6 SECTION 3 6:1-7:20 THIRD SERIES OF *PROPHECIES. GOD WILL FORGIVE THE *REMNANT OF HIS PEOPLE 6:1-8 MICAH ACCUSES *...
THE SCANT MEASURE. — Literally, _the hateful ephah of leanness_ — _i.e._, less than it should be. The Jews were much addicted to the falsification of weights and measures. They made “the ephah small,...
עֹ֗וד הַ אִשׁ֙ בֵּ֣ית רָשָׁ֔ע אֹצְרֹ֖ות רֶ֑שׁ
THE SIN OF THE SCANT MEASURE Micah 6:9; Micah 7:1 THE state of the text of Micah 6:9; Micah 7:1 is as confused as the condition of society which it describe
“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,...
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 p...
These expressions are all directed to one and the same end, namely, to teach Israel the enormity of his transgressions. Omri was a king in Israel, and so was Ahab, his son; both transgressors before t...
Lectures on the Minor Prophets. W. Kelly. The prophecy of Micah, like all the rest, has its own distinctive properties, though falling into the general current of testimony to Israel, and so far with...
Interpreters differ as to the word האש, _eash_: some think that it ought to be read האיש, _eaish, _with an addition of two letters, and render it, “Is it yet man?” But this would render the passage ab...
After having thus declared the counsels of God in grace, the Spirit returns to His pleadings with Israel in respect of their moral condition, calling the whole earth as audience to hear His controvers...
ARE THERE YET THE TREASURES OF WICKEDNESS THE HOUSE OF THE WICKED?.... There are; they continue there. This is the voice of the Lord by the prophet, and the language of the rod of correction to be hea...
Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure [that is] abominable? Ver. 10. _Are there yet the treasures of wickedness_] What yet? for all that ever I c...
_Are there yet the treasures of wickedness_, &c. Notwithstanding all the express laws, the exhortations and reproofs given you upon this subject, and so many examples of punishment set before you; sti...
Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked? namely, such as had been gained by wickedness, by oppression and cheating, AND THE SCANT MEASURE THAT IS ABOMINABLE? literally, "a...
A THREAT OF PUNISHMENT...
ARE THERE YET THE TREASURES OF WICKEDNESS IN THE HOUSE OF THE WICKED: Or, is there yet unto every man an house of the wicked? etc. SCANT MEASURE THAT IS ABOMINABLE: _ Heb._ measure of leanness...
9-16 God, having showed how necessary it was that they should do justly, here shows how plain it was that they had done unjustly. This voice of the Lord says to all, Hear the rod when it is coming, b...
ARE THERE YET? after so many express laws peremptorily forbidding, so many examples of punishments on such, after so many reproofs, menaces, and exhortations by so many prophets, dare you still do so...
Micah 6:10 there H786 treasures H214 wickedness H7562 (H8676) H376 house H1004 wicked H7563 short H7332 measure...
THE PROPHET NOW REINFORCES HIS WORDS BY CALLING FOR THEIR RESPONSE AND EMPHASISING THEIR FAILURES AND WHAT WILL RESULT FROM THEM (MICAH 6:9). Although YHWH pleads with His people they still walk in t...
Micah 6:1. _Hear ye now what the LORD saith;_ And yet some doubt the infallible inspiration of Scripture. I would commence every reading of the Scripture with such a word of admonition as this: «Hear...
CONTENTS: Jehovah's controversy with Israel's past and present. CHARACTERS: God, Omri, Ahab, Balak, Balaam. CONCLUSION: God issues a challenge to all who have ever professed belief in Him, but have w...
Micah 6:5. _Oh my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted._ He went to Balaam the false prophet for advice; and both he and his people, and the prophet perished together. Had he hearken...
_The scant measure which is abomination _ CIVIC SINS In these verses we have a sample of the crimes which abound in the city, and which would bring on the threatened judgment. I. Their variety. 1....
MICAH 6:1 The Lord’s Indictment and Restoration of His People. The Lord’s indictment against his people is delivered (Micah 6:1), and the crisis within the covenantal relationship is described ...
MICAH—NOTE ON MICAH 6:10 TREASURES OF WICKEDNESS... WICKED SCALES. The Lord cannot tolerate his people’s gaining wealth by unfair business practices (compare Proverbs 11:1
CRITICAL NOTES.] MICAH 6:10. YET] notwithstanding warnings, treasures acquired by fraud and oppression. SCANT] Lit. lean ephah, the measure forbidden (too small), not the right measure (Deuteronomy 25...
EXPOSITION VERSE 6:1-7:20 Part III. In this address, which is later than the preceding parts, the prophet sets forth the way of salvation: PUNISHMENT IS THE CONSEQUENCE OF SIN; REPENTANCE IS THE ONLY...
Hear ye now what the LORD says; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice. Hear ye, O mountains, the LORD'S controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for th...
2 Kings 5:23; 2 Kings 5:24; Amos 3:10; Amos 8:5; Amos 8:6;...
Yet — After so many express laws, and so many examples of punishment. Treasures — Gotten by injurious courses....