Micah 6 ESV | WeDevote Bible

The Indictment of the Lord

16:1 See ch. 1:2Hear what the Lord says:

Arise, plead your case before the mountains,

and let the hills hear your voice.

26:2 Ps. 50:1, 4; Ezek. 36:4Hear, you mountains, 6:2 Isa. 1:18; See Hos. 4:1the indictment of the Lord,

and you enduring foundations of the earth,

for the Lord has an indictment against his people,

and he will contend with Israel.

3“O my people, 6:3 Isa. 5:4; [Jer. 2:5, 31] what have I done to you?

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,

Aaron, and 6:4 Ex. 15:20; Num. 12:1, 2Miriam.

5O my people, remember 6:5 See Num. 22:5what Balak king of Moab devised,

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?

66:6 [Hos. 5:6; Heb. 10:4] “With what shall I come before the Lord,

and bow myself before 6:6 Isa. 57:15God on high?

Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,

with calves a year old?

76:7 See 1 Sam. 15:22Will the Lord be pleased with6:7 Or Will the Lordaccept thousands of rams,

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?

11Shall I acquit the man 6:11 See Hos. 12:7with wicked scales

and with a bag of deceitful weights?

12Your6:12 Hebrew whose rich men are 6:12 Amos 3:10; Hab. 1:2, 3full of violence;

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.

146:14 Hos. 4:10You shall eat, but not be satisfied,

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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