彌迦書 6:5-8 RCUVTS

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 6:6-8

§ 2. The people, awakened to its ingratitude and need of atonement, asks how to please God, and is referred for answer to the moral requirements of the Law. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 6:6-8

Man's spiritual need, and its supply. These verses form one of the most striking passages in the Old Testament Scriptures. Let any one inquire as to the nature of true religion, and he may find the exposition of it expressed here with marvellous vigour and terseness of speech, and with a completeness leaving nothing to be supplied. The false conception respecting true religion as consisting in that which is external is swept clean away as with a besom, and the loftiest view concerning it... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 6:6-8

The essentials of godliness. If the questions of Micah 6:6 and Micah 6:7 are those of Balak and the answers are Balaam's, they remind us of how a man may know and explain clearly the path of righteousness and peace, and yet neglect it. Balsam may prophesy; Demas may preach; Judas may cast out devils; but "I never knew you; depart from me ye that work iniquity!" Or if we regard the questions as proposed, either by the nation convicted of sin ( Micah 6:1-5 ), or by any one sin-stricken... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 6:6-8

Man's yearning for his Maker. The prophet supposes that his earnest appeals have had some effect that the people are stirred from their senselessness, and are beginning to feel after God. Overwhelmed with a consciousness of sin, they dare not approach him as they are. Their hesitation and their self-communing are like those of the prodigal in the far country when he came to himself. The sense of distance between the finite and the infinite, between the sin-stained and the holy, is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 6:6-8

Fellowship with God. "Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil?" etc. We raise from these words three general observations— I. THAT A LOVING FELLOWSHIP WITH THE GREAT GOD IS THE ONE URGENT NEED OF HUMANITY . "Wherewith shall I come before the Lord?" The language is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 6:7

Thousands of rams, as though the quantity enhanced the value, and tended to dispose the Lord to regard the offerer's thousandfold sinfulness with greater favour. Ten thousands of rivers ( torrents , as in Job 20:17 ) of oil. Oil was used in the daily meal offering, and in that which accompanied every burnt offering (see Exodus 29:40 ; Le Exodus 7:10-12 ; Numbers 15:4 , etc.). The Vulgate has a different reading, In multis millibus hircorum pinguium ; so the Septuagint, ἐν... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 6:8

The prophet answers in his own person the questions in Micah 6:6 and Micah 6:7 , by showing the worthlessness of outward observances when the moral precepts and not observed. He hath showed thee ; literally, one has told thee, or, it has been told thee, i.e. by Moses and in the Law ( Deuteronomy 10:12 , etc.). Septuagint, εἰ ἀνηγγέλη σοι , "Hath it not been told thee?" What doth the Lord require of thee? The prophets often enforce the truth that the principles of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 6:8

The Divine response to the cry of humanity. "He hath showed thee, O man, what is good." "Who will show us any good?" ( Psalms 4:6 ) is the cry of humanity, and has been its reiterated inquiry all through the ages of the world's history. And not only has man ceaselessly raised the question, but he has sought its solution, and has thus fallen into errors, which are corrected by the response God has given to this aspiration of the human spirit. We turn, in our darkness, to his unerring... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 6:8

True piety: its clear delination. "And what doth the Lord require of thee," etc.? I. To " DO JUSTLY ." He requires that rectitude and uprightness should characterize us in all our relationships. We are not to oppress or defraud. We are not to seek to damage the reputation of another, or by word or deed to endeavour to lessen the good opinion which has been formed respecting him. The golden rule is to be acted upon, and we "do unto others as we would that they should do unto us." ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 6:8

True piety: its exalted character. "And what doth the Lord require of thee," etc.? The standard God has set up for human conduct is very high. His law covers the whole range of man's relationships, and demands lofty attainments. Note— I. PIETY AS DEFINED IN THE TEXT IS VERY EXALTED IN ITS NATURE . See this: 1 . In its eminently practical character . It is to enter into all the concerns of our daily life. It does not ignore the emotional in man, but it... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 6:6-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 6:6-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 6:6-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 6:6-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 6:6-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 6:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 6:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 6:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 6:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 6:8

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