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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 6:14

Verse 14 And he points out what sort of punishment it would be; and he mentions even two kinds in this verse. He says first, Thou shalt eat, and shalt not be satisfied. One of God’s plagues, we know, is famine: and so the Prophet here declares, that the people would be famished, but not through the sterility of the fields. God indeed brings a famine in two ways: now the land yields no fruit; the corn withers, or, being smitten with hail, gives no fruit; and thus God by the sterility of the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 6:15

Verse 15 The Prophet adds another kind of punishment, which was to follow the calamity threatened in the last verse. He had said, that those who escaped would at length be destroyed by the sword; he says now, that the whole land would become a prey to enemies: and he took his words from Moses; for it was usual with the prophets, when they wished to secure greater authority to themselves, to quote literally the curses contained in the Law, as in the present instance: see Deuteronomy 28:0 and... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 6:16

Verse 16 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 perverse in their sins, as to exclude every hope that they could be reformed by any punishments. The meaning then would be, “The Lord has indeed determined to punish sharply and severely the wickedness of this people; but they will not repent; they will nevertheless remain stupid in their... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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 6:10-15

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 6:13

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 6:14

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 6:15

Here is another judgment in accordance with the threatenings of the Law ( Deuteronomy 28:33 , Deuteronomy 28:38 , etc.; comp. Amos 5:11 ; Zephaniah 1:13 ; Haggai 1:6 ). Shalt not reap. The effect may be owing to the judicial sterility of the soil, but more likely to the incursions of the enemy. Trochon quotes Virgil, ' Eel.,' 1:70— " Impius haec tam culta novalia miles habebit? Barbarus has segetes? en, quo discordia cives Produxit miseros! his nos consevimus agros! " ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 6:16

The threatening is closed by repeating its cause: the punishment is the just reward of ungodly conduct. The first part of the verse corresponds to Micah 6:10-12 , the second part to Micah 6:13-15 . The statutes of Omri. The statutes are the rules of worship prescribed by him of whom it is said ( 1 Kings 16:25 ) that he "wrought evil in the eyes of the Lord, and did worse than all that were before him." No special "statutes" of his are anywhere mentioned; but he is named here as the... read more

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