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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Micah 6:6-8

Here is the proposal for accommodation between God and Israel, the parties that were at variance in the beginning of the chapter. Upon the trial, judgment is given against Israel; they are convicted of injustice and ingratitude towards God, the crimes with which they stood charged. Their guilt is too plain to be denied, too great to be excused, and therefore, I. They express their desires to be at peace with God upon any terms (Mic. 6:6, 7): Wherewith shall I come before the Lord? Being made... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Micah 6:7

Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams ,.... If single burnt offerings of bullocks and heifers will not do, will rams, and thousands of them, be acceptable to him? if they will, they are at his service, even as many as he pleases; such creatures, as well as oxen, were offered by Balak, Numbers 23:1 ; or with ten thousands of rivers of oil ? for meat offerings, as Jarchi, in which oil was used: this is a hyperbolical expression, as Kimchi rightly observes; suggesting that he... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 6:7

Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams - These might be procured, though with difficulty; but conscience says neither will these do. With ten thousands of rivers of oil - This is absurd and impossible; but could even these be procured, could they all make atonement for such guilt, and ingratitude, and rebellion? Shall I give my first-born for my transgression - This was sinful and wicked; but such offerings had been made by the Phoenicians, and their successors the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

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