To do justly... — God “setteth more by mercy than by sacrifice.” So also in Ecclesiastes: “Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter. Fear God and keep His commandments, for this is the whole of man.”
Verse 8. _HE HATH SHOWED THEE, O MAN, WHAT_ IS _GOOD_] All the modes of expiation which ye have proposed are, in the sight of God, unavailable; they cannot do away the _evil_, nor purify from the _gui...
HE HATH SHEWED THEE - Micah does not tell them now, as for the first time; which would have excused them. He says, “He hath shewed thee;” He, about whose mind and will and pleasure they were pretendin...
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
MAN. Hebrew. _'adam._ App-14. MERCY. lovingkindness, or grace. WALK HUMBLY. The Hebrew expression (_hatzene' leketh)_ occurs only here. This verse embodies the principles governing Jehovah's administ...
_GOD REQUIRED TRUE OBEDIENCE -- MICAH 6:6-8:_ Not many in Israel had any interest at all in being an honor to God. It seems, however, that some few in Israel asked, "What offering should I bring when...
DISCOURSE: 1213 THE SUM OF PRACTICAL RELIGION Micah 6:6. Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before the high God? Shall I come before him with burnt-offerings, with calves of a year...
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 legisla...
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...
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? HE (YAHWEH) HATH SHOWED THEE - long ago, so tha...
6:8 goodness, (a-24) _ Chesed_ , 'mercy,' 'loving-kindness,' as 2 Chronicles 6:42 ....
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 ordered *Israel’s people to agree to his *covenant. So the people must do this. They must practise the deeds that are in the *covenant. They must believe in God. They way that they live should exp...
הִגִּ֥יד לְךָ֛ אָדָ֖ם מַה ־טֹּ֑וב וּ מָֽה
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...
He hath shewed thee, O man, what [is] good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, (g) but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? (g) The Prophet in few words calls them t...
_Solicitous. Hebrew also, "humbly." (Haydock) --- This was preferable to all other sacrifices of the old law, (Worthington) and was frequently inculcated, Deuteronomy x. 12., Psalm xlix. 9., and Isaia...
This is that memorable passage in scripture which hath given rise to numberless opinions, both in the moral and religious world, and by the perversion of it, untaught by God the Holy Ghost, hath produ...
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...
_WORSHIP AND CONDUCT_ ‘What doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God.’ Micah 6:8 It is not right to say that this inspired summary of wher...
He then says that God had shown by his Law what is good; and then he adds what it is,_to do justice, to love mercy, _or kindness, _and to be humbled before God. _It is evident that, in the two first p...
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...
HE HATH SHOWED ME, O MAN, WHAT [IS] GOOD,.... This is not the answer of the prophet to the body of the people, or to any and every one of the people of Israel; but of Balaam to Balak, a single man, th...
He hath shewed thee, O man, what [is] good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Ver. 8. _He hath showed thee, O man, what is...
_He hath showed thee, O man, what is good_ He hath showed thee that there is no forgiveness without repentance, and that repentance is but a name, unless there be a ceasing to do evil, and learning to...
He hath showed thee, O man, what is good, Jehovah Himself had made known to them how they might remain in fellowship with Him; AND WHAT DOTH THE LORD REQUIRE OF THEE BUT TO DO JUSTLY, to perform that...
A CALL TO REPENTANCE...
WALK HUMBLY: _ Heb._ humble thyself to walk...
6-8 These verses seem to contain the substance of Balak's consultation with Balaam how to obtain the favour of Israel's God. Deep conviction of guilt and wrath will put men upon careful inquiries aft...
The prophet answers the inquiry made MICAH 6:7 otherwise than these inquirers did expect: You who make this inquiry might have spared this pains. HE, God himself, hath already plainly enough told you...
Micah 6:8 shown H5046 (H8689) man H120 good H2896 LORD H3068 require H1875 (H8802) do H6213 ...
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...
Micah 6:6 Many and various, in all ages, have been the answers to this question, but in spirit and principle they reduce themselves to the three which in these verses are tacitly rejected, that the f...
Micah 6:8 Morality and Religion. I. Morality is good in itself, but when inspired with religious faith and love it becomes better still; then it unites what is fairest on earth with what is most glor...
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...
_But he hath shewed thee, o man, what is good _ PIETY AND TRUE RELIGION I. What is good? You may conceive of true piety as of a tree of life planted in the midst of Paradise, in the midst of the Chur...
_Wherewith shall I come before the Lord _ PLEASING GOD This is a momentous question, which the world has ever been asking--“How shall we approach God? ” For men feel that they are separated from Hi...
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 6:8 The Lord wants his people to respond to his redemptive acts with JUSTICE, KINDNESS, and faithfulness (WALK HUMBLY) (see...
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...
1 Corinthians 7:16; 1 Peter 3:8; 1 Peter 5:5; 1 Peter 5:6; 1 Samuel 1
He — God hath already told you in his word, with what you ought to come before him. To do justly — To render to every one their due, superiors, equals, inferiors, to be equal to all, and oppress none,...