MICAH—NOTE ON Micah 6:6 LORD... God on high. The covenantal Lord is also the transcendent God. Shall I give...? The proposed sacrifices increase in value and absurdity, ending with an outrage (ten thousands of rivers of oil... my firstborn). Micah is exposing an attitude that wrongly sees sacrifice as an entry fee, rather than as an avenue for God to administer grace and forgiveness to the repentant (see note on Amos 4:4–5).

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