Micah 6:8

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 6:8

He hath showed me, O man, what is good ,.... This is not the answer of the prophet to the body of the people, or to any and every one of the people of Israel; but of Balaam to Balak, a single man, that consulted with him, and put questions to him; particularly what he should do to please the Lord, and what righteousness he required of him, that would be acceptable to him; and though he was a king, he was but a man, and he would have him know it that he was no more, and as such addresses... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 6:8

He hath showed thee, O Man, what is good - All the modes of expiation which ye have proposed are, in the sight of God, unavailable; they cannot do away the evil, nor purify from the guilt of sin. He himself has shown thee what is good; that which is profitable to thee, and pleasing to himself. And what is that? Answer, Thou art: - I. To do justly; to give to all their due. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 6:8

Verse 8 He then says that God had shown by his Law what is good; and then he adds what it is,to do justice, to love mercy, or kindness, and to be humbled before God. It is evident that, in the two first particulars, he refers to the second table of the Law; that is to do justice, and to love mercy (169) Nor is it a matter of wonder that the Prophet begins with the duties of love; for though in order the worship of God precedes these duties, and ought rightly to be so regarded, yet justice,... 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 6:8

The prophet answers in his own person the questions in Micah 6:6 and Micah 6:7 , by showing the worthlessness of outward observances when the moral precepts and not observed. He hath showed thee ; literally, one has told thee, or, it has been told thee, i.e. by Moses and in the Law ( Deuteronomy 10:12 , etc.). Septuagint, εἰ ἀνηγγέλη σοι , "Hath it not been told thee?" What doth the Lord require of thee? The prophets often enforce the truth that the principles of... read more

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