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Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Micah 6:1-16

The Divine Requirements Micah 6:6 Such is the question which the Prophet urges upon the people of Israel. He answers it for them in words which we can hardly ever forget, 'He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?' Of these words it is sometimes said that they are the greatest words in the Old Testament They are, indeed, golden words, and should be carried about by every one who desires to... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Micah 6:1-8

THE REASONABLENESS OF TRUE RELIGIONMicah 6:1-8WE have now reached a passage from which all obscurities of date and authorship disappear before the transparence and splendor of its contents. "These few verses," says a great critic, "in which Micah sets forth the true essence of religion, may raise a well-founded title to be counted as the most important in the prophetic literature. Like almost no others, they afford us an insight into the innermost nature of the religion of Israel, as delivered... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Micah 6:1-16

THE THIRD PROPHETIC DISCOURSE (6-7) CHAPTER 6 1. The words of Jehovah to His people (Micah 6:1-5 ) 2. Israel’s answer (Micah 6:6-7 ) 3. The moral demands of Jehovah (Micah 6:8 ) 4. The Lord must judge them (Micah 6:9-16 ) Micah 6:1-5 . This chapter is cast in the form of a controversy. The utterance has been called by some the most important in the prophetic literature. It is hardly this, nor is, as critics claim, the eighth verse a definition of religion, “the greatest saying in the... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Micah 6:4

6:4 For I {b} brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.(b) I have not hurt you, but bestowed infinite benefits upon you. read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Micah 6:1-16

MICAH INTRODUCTION The little known of Micah is briefly stated. Calling himself a Morasthite indicates Moresheth, or Mareshah, as his birthplace in southwestern Judah, near Gath. The time of his prophesying is shown in the same verse (by the reference to the kings of Judah) as between 758-700 B.C. He seems to be the writer of his own book, if we may judge from the personal allusions in chapter 3:1, 8, and to have died in peace, judging by Jeremiah 26:18-19 . He is frequently referred to as a... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Micah 6:1-8

Hypocritical Eagerness Micah 6:6-8 . "Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before the high God?" What a delightful state of mind! Here is a man asking himself the greatest of all possible questions. "Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?" The only question which I have to put is, How to come before God? I want to come before him; I long to see him; I wish to do the will of God. "Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Micah 6:3-5

I beg the Reader particularly to notice in the very commencement of the Lord's discourse, that the covenant relation between the Lord and his Israel, is kept in remembrance. O my people! do not, I beg you, forget this, for it is most gracious and most blessed. Of all the parts of scripture, these are certainly what come home most powerfully to the heart; the Lord's appeal to his people concerning his unalterable goodness, and their continued rebellion. Jeremiah's prophecy is full of this. See... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Micah 6:4

Slaves. Their prison, in Algiers, &c., is dreadful. (Calmet) --- Mary. She taught the women. (Chaldean; Theodotion) --- She was a figure of Christ's mother, as Moses and Aaron were of himself. (Worthington) read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Micah 6:1-5

1-5 The people are called upon to declare why they were weary of God's worship, and prone to idolatry. Sin causes the controversy between God and man. God reasons with us, to teach us to reason with ourselves. Let them remember God's many favours to them and their fathers, and compare with them their unworthy, ungrateful conduct toward him. read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Micah 6:1-8

A Call to Repentance v. 1. Hear ye now what the Lord saith, in this closing address to the Israelites, Arise, contend thou before the mountains, the prophet being called upon to be a witness of the judicial controversy which was to be decided in the presence of the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice, for the mountains and hills, having stood during the time of Israel's entire history, could witness to the facts which were here brought out. v. 2. Hear ye, O mountains, the Lord's... read more