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Verse Micah 6:16. _THE STATUTES OF OMRI ARE KEPT_] _Omri_, king of
Israel, the father of Ahab, was one of the worst kings the Israelites
ever had; and _Ahab_ followed in his wicked father's steps. Th...
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FOR THE STATUTES OF OMRI ARE KEPT - Rather, (like the English margin
he doth much keep,) And he doth keep diligently for himself. Both ways
express much diligence in evil . To “keep God’s commandments...
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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...
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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...
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THE STATUTES. Hebrew. _hukkoth =_ in. religious sense (Lev 20:8. 2
Kings 17:34.Jeremiah 10:3; Jeremiah 10:3).
OF OMRI. Compare...
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_IDOLATRY DESTROYED THE NATION -- MICAH 6:12-16:_ God levied some
serious charges against the rich. The charges were made not because
they were rich but because of how they obtained the wealth. He sai...
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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
Ho...
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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...
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For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of
Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a
desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye sh...
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6:16 desolation, (d-29) Or 'an astonishment.' thereof (e-33) i.e.
Samaria, ch. 1.5....
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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...
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THE STATUTES OF OMRI and the WORKS OF AHAB'S HOUSE are the worship of
Baal: cp. 1 Kings 16:31. Manasseh has gone back to the sins of the
northern kingdom, though its fate might have warned him: cp. 2...
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The important people in Jerusalem wanted to make profit. That was
their main aim in everything that they did. In order to make profit,
they had been cruel to people. The result was that everyone had b...
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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 *...
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וְ יִשְׁתַּמֵּ֞ר חֻקֹּ֣ות עָמְרִ֗י וְ
כֹל֙ מַ
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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
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“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,...
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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...
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For the (m) statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house
of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a
desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye...
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_The statutes of Amri, &c. The wicked ways of Amri and Achab,
idolatrous kings. (Challoner) --- They were the most infamous of
Israel, 3 Kings xvi. 25, 30. (Worthington) --- Hebrew, "the statutes
of A...
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REFLECTIONS
READER! what are all the controversies the Lord hath with his people,
but on account of their transgression and sin? And how gracious must
it be in God, still to bear with his people, and...
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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...
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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...
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Some read the words in the future tense, “And they will observe the
statutes of Omri,” etc., and gather this meaning, — that the
Prophet now foresees by the Spirit, that the people would continue so
p...
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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...
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FOR THE STATUTES OF OMRI ARE KEPT,.... Who of a captain of the army
was made king of Israel, and proved a wicked prince; he built Samaria,
and set up idolatrous worship there, after the example of Jer...
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For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of
Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a
desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye sha...
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_For the statutes of Omri are kept_ An idolatrous king, of whom it is
said, 1 Kings 16:25, that he _did worse than all that were before
him_, and therefore we may judge of the corruption of the people...
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For the statutes of Omri, who founded a wicked dynasty of rulers of
the northern kingdom, 1 Kings 16:25, ARE KEPT AND ALL THE WORKS OF THE
HOUSE OF AHAB, the worship of Baal which had then been establ...
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A THREAT OF PUNISHMENT...
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THE STATUES:
Or, he doth much keep the etc.
DESOLATION:
Or, astonishment...
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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...
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THE STATUTES OF OMRI; of which you read, 1 KINGS 16:25. He built
Samaria, to be a royal city, and seat of religion brought in by
Jeroboam; thus he both strengthened and put more credit upon the
idolat...
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Micah 6:16 statutes H2708 Omri H6018 kept H8104 (H8691) works H4639
Ahabs H256 house H1004 walk H3212 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_And the statutes of Omri are kept _
OMRI AND AHAB: LESSONS WORTH STUDY
On the long dark roll of human infamy there are but few darker names
than those of Omri and Ahab.
Learn--
I. The religious se...
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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 ...
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MICAH—NOTE ON MICAH 6:16 OMRI... AHAB. These wicked kings of Israel
(the northern kingdom) had been a corrupting influence even on the
southern kingdom of Judah (see...
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
MICAH 6:13. SICK] _i.e._ I smite thee mortally (cf. for expression,
Nahum 3:19; for matter, Micah 1:9).
Micah 6:14. Satis.
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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...
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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...
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1 Kings 16:25; 1 Kings 16:30; 1 Kings 18:4; 1 Kings 21:25;...
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The statutes — The idolatrous worship was set up by Omri in the
royal city. Ye — O house of Israel. That I should make thee — This
will be the event. Thereof — Of the land. The reproach — The
reproach...