Micah 6:15

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 6:15

Thou shall sow, but thou shalt not reap ,.... Either that which is sown shall not spring up, but rot in the earth; or if it does spring up, and come to maturity, yet, before that, they should be removed into captivity, or slain by the sword, and their enemies should reap the increase of their land, their wheat and their grain: thou shall tread the olives ; in the olive press, to get out the oil: but thou shalt not anoint with oil ; as at feasts for refreshment, and at baths for... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 6:15

Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap - Thou shalt labor to amass property, but thou shalt not have God's blessing; and whatever thou collectest, thy enemies shall carry away. And at last carry thyself into captivity. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 6:15

Verse 15 The Prophet adds another kind of punishment, which was to follow the calamity threatened in the last verse. He had said, that those who escaped would at length be destroyed by the sword; he says now, that the whole land would become a prey to enemies: and he took his words from Moses; for it was usual with the prophets, when they wished to secure greater authority to themselves, to quote literally the curses contained in the Law, as in the present instance: see Deuteronomy 28:0 and... 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 6:10-15

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 6:13-16

§ 4. For all this God threatens punishment. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 6:15

Here is another judgment in accordance with the threatenings of the Law ( Deuteronomy 28:33 , Deuteronomy 28:38 , etc.; comp. Amos 5:11 ; Zephaniah 1:13 ; Haggai 1:6 ). Shalt not reap. The effect may be owing to the judicial sterility of the soil, but more likely to the incursions of the enemy. Trochon quotes Virgil, ' Eel.,' 1:70— " Impius haec tam culta novalia miles habebit? Barbarus has segetes? en, quo discordia cives Produxit miseros! his nos consevimus agros! " ... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Micah 6:15

Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap - Micah renews the threatenings of the law Leviticus 26:16; Deuteronomy 28:30, Deuteronomy 28:38-41, which they had been habitually breaking. Those prophecies had been fulfilled before, throughout their history; they have been fulfilled lately in Israel for the like oppression of the poor Amos 5:11. Their frequent fulfillment spoke as much of a law of God’s righteousness, punishing sin, as the yearly supply in the ordinary course of nature spoke of His... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Micah 6:13-15

Micah 6:13-15. Therefore will I make thee sick in smiting thee Therefore, upon account of these thy sins, I will, ere long, so smite thee, O Israel, that the strokes shall reach thy heart, and make thee sick unto death of thy wounds. Or, the punishment wherewith I will afflict thee shall waste thy strength like a consuming sickness which preys upon the vitals. Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied See note on Hosea 4:10. And thy casting down shall be in the midst of thee Thou shalt be... read more

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