Micah 6:10-12 NIV

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 6:10

Are there yet the treasures of wickedness the house of the wicked ?.... There are; they continue there. This is the voice of the Lord by the prophet, and the language of the rod of correction to be heard, exposing the sins of the people, for which the Lord had a controversy with them; particularly their mammon of unrighteousness, the vast wealth, riches, and treasures, collected together by very wicked and unlawful ways and means; and which, instead of restoring them to the persons they had... 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 Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Micah 6:12

For the rich men thereof are full of violence ,.... That is, the rich men of the city, to whom the voice of the Lord cried, Micah 6:9 . Jerusalem or Samaria, or any or all the cities of Israel and Judah; the rich men of these cities, who had enough of the world, and were under no temptation to do an ill thing, to get money; and yet their hands and their houses, and their treasuries, as the Targum, were full of goods gotten by violent measures, by the oppression of the poor and needy: ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 6:10

Are there yet the treasures of wickedness - Such as false balances and deceitful weights. See on Hosea 12:7 ; (note). This shows that they were not Doing Justly. They did not give to each his due. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 6:12

For the rich men thereof are full of violence - This shows that they did not love mercy. The inhabitants thereof have spoken lies - This shows that they did not humble themselves to walk with God. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 6:10

Verse 10 Interpreters differ as to the word האש, eash: some think that it ought to be read האיש, eaish, with an addition of two letters, and render it, “Is it yet man?” But this would render the passage abrupt. Others translate, “Is there yet fire?” As though it was אש, ash; and they suppose that wealth, wickedly and unjustly got, is so called, because it consumes itself. But as this is against what grammar requires, I am more inclined to take their view, who think that האש, eash, is to be... 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

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 6:12

Verse 12 The Prophet means that the people were so given to avarice and plunder, that all the riches they had heaped together had been got by iniquitous robberies or by wicked gain. He now addresses the citizens of Jerusalem: for though iniquity then prevailed through the whole of Judea, there was yet a reason why he should distinctly accuse the inhabitants of Jerusalem; for they must have led the way by their example, and they were also worse in wickedness than the rest of the people: they... read more

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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

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Micah 6:10

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Micah 6:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 6:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 6:12

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 6:10

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

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 6:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 6:9-12

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