Micah 第6章
The Indictment of the Lord
Arise, plead your case before the mountains,
and let the hills hear your voice.
and you enduring foundations of the earth,
for the Lord has an indictment against his people,
and he will contend with Israel.
6:3 Isa. 43:22, 23; [Mal. 1:13]How have I wearied you? Answer me!
4For 6:4 Ex. 12:51; Hos. 12:13; Amos 2:10I brought you up from the land of Egypt
and 6:4 2 Sam. 7:23redeemed you from the house of slavery,
and I sent before you Moses,
and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him,
and what happened from 6:5 Num. 25:1Shittim to Gilgal,
that you may know 6:5 [Judg. 5:11]the righteous acts of the Lord.”
What Does the Lord Require?
and bow myself before 6:6 Isa. 57:15God on high?
Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,
with calves a year old?
with ten thousands of rivers of oil?
6:7 2 Kgs. 3:27; 16:3; 21:6; 23:10; [Lev. 18:21]Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression,
the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?”
8He has told you, O man, what is good;
and 6:8 [Deut. 10:12] what does the Lord require of you
but to do justice, and to love kindness,6:8 Or steadfast love
and to 6:8 [Gen. 5:22]walk humbly with your God?
Destruction of the Wicked
9The voice of the Lord cries to the city—
and it is sound wisdom to fear 6:9 Isa. 30:27your name:
“Hear of 6:9 Isa. 10:5; 30:32the rod and of him who appointed it!6:9 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
10Can I forget any longer the treasures6:10 Or Are there still treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked,
and the scant measure that is accursed?
and with a bag of deceitful weights?
your inhabitants 6:12 Hos. 7:13speak lies,
and 6:12 Jer. 9:8their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
13Therefore I strike you with a grievous blow,
6:13 ch. 7:13making you desolate because of your sins.
and there shall be hunger within you;
you shall put away, but not preserve,
and what you preserve I will give to the sword.
156:15 [Zeph. 1:13; Hag. 1:6]You shall sow, but not reap;
you shall tread olives, but not anoint yourselves with oil;
you shall tread grapes, but not drink wine.
16For you have kept the statutes of 6:16 1 Kgs. 16:25, 26; [ch. 1:13] Omri,6:16 Hebrew For the statutes of Omri are kept
and all the works of the house of 6:16 See 1 Kgs. 16:30-33; 21:25, 26Ahab;
and you have walked in their counsels,
that I may make you 6:16 See 2 Chr. 29:8a desolation, and your6:16 Hebrew its inhabitants 6:16 See 2 Chr. 29:8a hissing;
so you shall bear 6:16 Isa. 25:8the scorn of my people.”
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