Slaves. Their prison, in Algiers, &c., is dreadful. (Calmet) --- Mary. She taught the women. (Chaldean; Theodotion) --- She was a figure of Christ's mother, as Moses and Aaron were of himself. (Worthington)
Verse Micah 6:4. _I BROUGHT THEE UP OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT_] Where you were _slaves_, and grievously oppressed; from all this I _redeemed_ you. Was this a small benefit? _I sent before thee_ MOSES,...
FOR I BROUGHT THEE UP OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT, AND REDEEMED THEE OUT OF THE HOARSE OF SERVANTS - What wert thou? What art thou? Who made thee what thou art? God reminds them. They were slaves; they a...
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...
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
I BROUGHT THEE UP, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 12:51; Exodus 14:30; Exodus 20:2.Deuteronomy 4:20;...
_THE LORD'S CHALLENGE TO HIS PEOPLE -- MICAH 6:1-5:_ God called upon Israel to present any complaints that they might have against Him in the presence of everyone. Micah moved from his prediction of t...
FORGOTTEN ACTS OF SALVATION. Micah 6:1-8 RV. Hear ye now what Jehovah saith: Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice. Hear, O ye mountains, Jehovah's controversy, an...
For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. FOR - nay, on the contrary, so far from doing anyth...
6:4 bondage; (g-20) Lit. 'bondmen.'...
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...
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 *...
God’s people have not answered him. So again he accuses them. But God speaks with great love for his people. His speech is full of kindness and truth. God’s purpose is to bring his people, the nation...
FOR I BROUGHT THEE UP. — There seems a pause intended; but Israel, abashed, remains silent. So the Lord continues to plead: “Thou dost not testify against me? No; for I showed thee the greatest mercie...
כִּ֤י הֶעֱלִתִ֨יךָ֙ מֵ אֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם וּ מ
THE REASONABLENESS OF TRUE RELIGION Micah 6:1 WE have now reached a passage from which all obscurities of date and authorship disappear before the transparence and splendor of its contents. "These fe...
“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...
For I (b) brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. (b) I have not hurt you, but bestowed infinite ben...
I beg the Reader particularly to notice in the very commencement of the Lord's discourse, that the covenant relation between the Lord and his Israel, is kept in remembrance. O my people! do not, I beg...
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...
God, having testified that he had in nothing been troublesome to the people, now states with how great and with how many benefits he had bound them to himself. But we may prefer taking the words as ex...
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...
FOR I BROUGHT THEE UP OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT,.... Instead of doing them any wrong, he had done them much good; of which this is one instance, and he was able to produce more: this a notorious, plain...
For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. Ver. 4. _For I brought thee up out of the land of Egyp...
_O my people, what have I done unto thee?_ What injustice or unkindness? _Wherein have I wearied thee?_ What grievous, burdensome impositions have I laid upon thee? Or, what have I done, or said, or e...
For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, the act by which Israel had really been made the Lord's people, AND REDEEMED THEE OUT OF THE HOUSE OF SERVANTS, Cf Exodus 20:2; AND I SENT BEFORE THEE M...
A CALL TO REPENTANCE...
1-5 The people are called upon to declare why they were weary of God's worship, and prone to idolatry. Sin causes the controversy between God and man. God reasons with us, to teach us to reason with o...
Look as far back as thy coming out of Egypt, near seven hundred and forty years agone; FOR I BROUGHT THEE UP, with an out-stretched arm, out of the land of Egypt, where by servants thou wert oppressed...
Micah 6:4 up H5927 (H8689) land H776 Egypt H4714 redeemed H6299 (H8804) house H1004 bondage H5650 sent...
MICAH NOW CALLS ON CREATION TO WITNESS YHWH'S CASE AGAINST ISRAEL, AND FINISHES BY STATING YHWH'S REQUIREMENTS. (MICAH 6:1) Knowing that the people might be puzzled as to why YHWH should treat His peo...
REDEEMED (_ See Scofield) - (Isaiah 59:20). _ (_ See Scofield) - (Exodus 14:30). _...
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...
_For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam _ REASONS FOR GRATITUDE Ingratitude often meets with,...
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 6:4 I BROUGHT YOU UP... REDEEMED YOU... SENT BEFORE YOU. The Lord directed the events surrounding the exodus (compare Amos 3:1)....
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 per...
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 Samuel 7:23; Acts 7:36; Amos 2:10; Deuteronomy 15:15; Deuteronom
And Miriam — A prophetess to be assistant to her brothers, and to be an example and a counsellor to the women....