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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Micah 6:9-16

God, having shown them how necessary it was that they should do justly, here shows them how plain it was that they had done unjustly; and since they submitted not to his controversy, nor went the right way to have it taken up, here he proceeds in it. Observe, I. How the action is entered against them, Mic. 6:9. God speaks to the city, to Jerusalem, to Samaria. His voice cries to it by his servants the prophets who were to cry aloud and not spare. Note, The voice of the prophets is the Lord's... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Micah 6:11

Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances ,.... These are the words either of the prophet, or rather of God, signifying that he could not, and would not, allow, countenance, and approve of persons that used false scales or balances; or justify and reckon them just, as they would be thought to be, but condemn them, and pronounce them very wicked men, and deserving of punishment here and hereafter: and with the bag of deceitful weights ? or "stones" F15 אבני מרמה "lapidum... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 6:11

Verse 11 Shall I justify? etc. (174) This verse is connected with the last, and is added as an explanation. For God having come forth as a Judge, now shows what sort of Judge he is, even one who is not biased by favor, who does not change his judgment, who shows no respect of persons. But men, for the most part, greatly deceive themselves, when they transform God according to their own will, and promise to themselves that he will be propitious to them, provided they only make false pretensions... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

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 6:10-12

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 6:11

Shall I count them pure? literally, Shall I be pure? The clause is obscure. The Authorized Version regards the speaker as the same as in Micah 6:10 , and translates with some violence to the text. It may be that the prophet speaks as the representative of the awakened transgressor, "Can I be guiltless with such deceit about me?" But the sudden change of personification and of state of feeling is very harsh. Hence some follow Jerome in regarding God as the speaker, and rendering, "Shall I... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Micah 6:11

Shall I count them pure? - Rather, (as the English margin) “Shall I be pure?” The prophet takes for the time their person and bids them judge themselves in him. If it would defile me, how are ye, with all your other sins, not defiled? All these things were expressly forbidden in the law. “Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in mete-yard, in weight or in measure. Just balances, just weights, a just ephah and a just him, shall ye have” Leviticus 19:35-36; and, “Thou shalt not have in thy... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Micah 6:10-12

Micah 6:10-12. Are there yet the treasures of wickedness, &c. Notwithstanding all the express laws, the exhortations and reproofs given you upon this subject, and so many examples of punishment set before you; still are there many that use unjust and fraudulent means to enrich themselves? who keep scant measures to sell their goods by, which the law of God often declares to be an abomination to him? The reproof is the same with that of Amos 8:5, where see the note. Shall I count them... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Micah 6:9-16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Micah 6:11

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 6:11

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 6:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Micah 6:11

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Micah 6:10-12

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