彌迦書 6:12-14 CUNPTS

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 6:9-12

§ 3. Because Israel was very far from acting in this spirit, God sternly rebukes her for prevailing sins . read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 6:9-15

Divine chastisement. I. A SOLEMN DECLARATION OF COMING CHASTISEMENT . ( Micah 6:13-15 .) The form this chastisement would assume is suggestive of the thought of utter disappointment. Their gain should be turned into loss; their expectations should be completely frustrated; all that they hoped to realize as the result of their deceptions and extortions should fail them, even as the brook fails the parched traveller when coming to it to slake his burning thirst, lo! he finds... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 6:10-12

Weighed in the balances, and found wanting. Having expounded the nature of true piety, the prophet, proceeds in these verses to apply the principles thus enunciated to the case of his people, endeavouring by means of searching inquiries to bring home to their hearts a sense of their guilt and depravity. I. WE HAVE HERE AN ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE OF HUMAN CONDUCT WHEN TESTED BY THE DIVINE REQUIREMENTS BEING FOUND WANTING . Notice in this case: 1 . ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 6:10-15

Civic sins. "Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable? Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights? For the rich men thereof are full of violence," etc. In these verses we have specified a sample of the crimes which abounded in the city, and which would bring on the threatened judgment. The passage leads us to make two remarks concerning civic sins, or the sins of a city. ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 6:12

The rich men thereof; i.e. of the city mentioned in Micah 6:9 . They have just been charged with injustice and fraud, now they are denounced for practising every kind of violence. And not only the rich, but all the inhabitants fall under censure for lying and deceit. Their tongue is deceitful; literally, deceit; they cannot open their mouth without speaking dangerous and destructive lies. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 6:13

Will I make thee sick in smiting thee; literally, have made the smiting thee sick; i.e. incurable, as Nahum 3:19 , or, "have made the blows mortal that are given thee." The perfect is used to express the certainty of the future. The Septuagint and Vulgate read, "I have begun [or, will begin] to smite thee." read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 6:13-16

§ 4. For all this God threatens punishment. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 6:14

Thou shalt eat, etc. The punishment answers to the sin (which proves that it comes from God), and recalls the threats of the Law (Le 26:25, etc.; Deuteronomy 28:29 , etc.; comp. Hosea 4:10 ; Haggai 1:6 ). Thy casting down shall be in the midst of thee; i.e. thy humiliation, thy decay and downfall, shall occur in the very centre of thy wealth and strength, where thou hast laid up thy treasure and practised thy wickedness. But the meaning of the Hebrew is very uncertain, and the text... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Micah 6:12

For the rich men thereof - that is, “of the city, Micah 6:9 are full of violence.” It bad been little, had thieves and robbers lived by violence, but now, (as Isaiah at the same time upbraids them,) “her princes were become companions of thieves” Isaiah 1:23. Not the poor out of distress, but the rich, out of wantonness and exceeding covetousness and love of luxury, not only did wrong but were filled, not so much with riches, as with violence. Violence is the very meat and drink wherewith they... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Micah 6:13

Therefore also will I - (Literally, And I too,) that is, this dost thou, and thus will I too do. Pococke: “As thou madest sick the heart of the poor oppressed, so will I, by My grievous and severe punishments, make thee sick,” or make thy wound incurable, as in Nahum, “thy wound is grievous,” (Nahum 3:19 literally, made sick. In making thee desolate because of thy sins. The heaping up riches shall itself be the cause of thy being waste, deserted, desolate. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 6:9-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 6:9-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 6:10-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 6:10-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 6:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 6:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 6:13-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 6:14

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Micah 6:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Micah 6:13

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