Micah 6 - Introduction
_GOD'S CONTROVERSY FOR UNKINDNESS, FOR IGNORANCE, FOR INJUSTICE, AND FOR IDOLATRY._ _Before Christ 710._... [ Continue Reading ]
_GOD'S CONTROVERSY FOR UNKINDNESS, FOR IGNORANCE, FOR INJUSTICE, AND FOR IDOLATRY._ _Before Christ 710._... [ Continue Reading ]
HEAR YE NOW, &C.— This is a new discourse, addressed to the ten tribes. The Lord commands the prophet to call Israel to judgment before the mountains and the hills, and to receive the condemnation of their ingratitude, infidelity, injustice, and impiety.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND YE STRONG FOUNDATIONS OF THE EARTH— _And ye valleys in the lower parts of the earth._ Houbigant. Schultens has it, _Ye abiding,_—or _everlasting foundations,_ &c. And instead of _testify against me,_ Micah 6:3. Houbigant reads _answer me._... [ Continue Reading ]
FROM SHITTIM UNTO GILGAL— _From Shittim even unto the mountainous places,_ whither Balak carried Balaam, that he might thence curse the people of Israel. The original word is הגלגל _hagilgal,_ the root whereof is גל _gal, a heap,_ or _high place._ See Genesis 46:34; Genesis 46:34. Balak was beyond J... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEREWITH SHALL I COME, &C.— This is the answer of the people; they offer nothing in their justification; they oppose nothing to what the Lord hath said; for what could they say against a God who had convinced them in so strong and affecting a manner? They declare themselves ready to offer any expia... [ Continue Reading ]
OF RIVERS OF OIL— _Of fatted sheep._ Houbigant. The LXX read, _Fat kids._ It was usual with the Phoenicians, in great dangers, to offer to their gods the dearest of their children. See 2 Kings 3:27.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE HATH SHEWED THEE, O MAN, &C.— See here the true spirit of the law of the Lord! See here what makes a true Israelite! A truth, which the carnal Jews could never comprehend. In vain did their legislator and their prophets inculcate it upon every occasion. They had always recourse to their gross con... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD'S VOICE CRIETH, &C.— _The voice of the Lord crieth to the city, that there may be salvation to him who shall fear his name: they have heard him rebuking; but who yet acknowledged him?_ Micah 6:10. _While there are,_ &c. Houbigant.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHALL I COUNT THEM PURE, &C.— _Shall I use the wicked balance, and the stones of deceitful weight, that I may absolve this city._ Micah 6:12. _Whose rich men are full,_ &c. Houbigant.... [ Continue Reading ]
SICK— _Sore._ Schultens.... [ Continue Reading ]
THY CASTING-DOWN SHALL BE, &C.— _Darkness shall be upon thee; thou shalt fly away, but shalt not escape; and if any one shall escape, I will give him up to the sword._ See Houbigant and the LXX.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR THE STATUTES OF OMRI ARE KEPT— _Because thou keepest the statutes,_ &c. _and followest their counsels, that I should make thee a desolation, and thine inhabitants a hissing; therefore,_ &c. See Houbigant. REFLECTIONS.—1st, This chapter begins a new subject. 1. The prophet is summoned to arise,... [ Continue Reading ]