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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Micah 6:1-5

Here, I. The prefaces to the message are very solemn and such as may engage our most serious attention. 1. The people are commanded to give audience: Hear you now what the Lord says. What the prophet speaks he speaks from God, and in his name; they are therefore bound to hear it, not as the word of a sinful dying man, but of the holy living God. Hear now what he saith, for, first or last, he will be heard. 2. The prophet is commanded to speak in earnest, and to put an emphasis upon what he... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Micah 6:5

O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted ,.... What a scheme he had laid; what contrivances he had formed; what consultations he had with a soothsayer or diviner he sent for to curse Israel; how he sought to get the God of Israel on his side, and to set him against them, that he might be rid of them, and they be ruined and destroyed. The Moabites were the descendants of Moab, a son of Lot, by one of his daughters; when they first set up their kingdom is not certain; nor... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 6:5

Remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted - He sent for Balaam to curse your fathers; but by my influence he was obliged to bless them. See Numbers 22 (note) and Numbers 23 (note), and the notes there, where this subject is largely considered. From Shittim unto Gilgal - From the encampment at Shittim, Numbers 25:1 , on the way to that of Gilgal, Joshua 4:19 . Balaam gave different answers in the interval between these places. We may suppose that the encampments of Israel... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 6:5

Verse 5 God briefly records here what happened in the desert, — that the people had need of some extraordinary help in addition to the many benefits which he had conferred on them. For though the people lived safely in the desert as to the Egyptians, though they were fed by manna and water from the rock flowed for them, though the cloud by day protected them from the heat of the sun, and the pillar of fire shone on them during the night, yet the stream of God’s mercy seemed to have been stopped... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 6:1-5

1. God ' s controversy with his people for their ingratitude. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 6:1-5

The memories of the way. Truly affecting are those portions of Scripture in which God is represented as expostulating and pleading with erring men ( Hosea 6:4 ; Hosea 11:8 ; Isaiah 1:16-20 ; Jeremiah 2:1-14 ). The opening verses of this chapter are of the same character. God testifies, and in so doing calls upon the mountains and hills and strong foundations of the earth which have stood from age to age to bear him witness and confirm his testimony ( Micah 6:2 ). "O my people,"... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 6:1-5

A protest and a retrospect. The serious state of the cue between Jehovah and his people is shown by this appeal to the hills and mountains. As though among all the nations none could be found impartial enough to be umpires, or even witnesses, inanimate nature must supply its testimony. (Illustrate from Job 12:7 , Job 12:8 ; Isaiah 1:2 , Isaiah 1:3 ; Luke 19:40 ; 2 Peter 2:16 .) The mountains hays stability; not so the favoured nation. They have survived many generations of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 6:1-5

Man in the moral court of history. "Hear ye now what the Lord saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice. Hear ye, O mountains, the Lord's controversy and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the Lord hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel," etc. There are three things here very striking and deserving our solemn attention. I. HERE IS A CALL ON MAN TO GIVE AUDIENCE TO ALMIGHTY GOD . "Hear ye now... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 6:5

The Lord reminds the people of another great benefit subsequent to the Exodus, viz. the defeat of the designs of Balak, and the sorceries of Balaam. Consulted . United with the elders of Midian in a plot against thee (see Numbers 22:1-41 . etc.). Answered him. There ought to be a stop here. The answer of Balaam was the blessing which he was constrained to give, instead of the curse which he was hired to pronounce (comp. Joshua 24:10 ). From Shittim unto Gilgal. This is a fresh... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Micah 6:5

Remember now - The word translated now is a very tender one, like our “do now remember” or “do remember,” beseeching instead of commanding. Dionysius: “I might command, but I speak tenderly, that I may lead thee to own the truth.” “What Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him.” God did not only raise up Moses, Aaron, Miriam, out of their brethren, but He turned the curse of the alien Balaam into a blessing; and that, not for their righteousness, (for even then... read more

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