Micah 6:9 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 6:9

The Lord's voice crieth unto the city ,.... The Lord having bid his prophet call to the mountains and hills to hear his voice, and the prophet having obeyed his will, and the Lord having by him addressed his people Israel, and expostulated with them about their ingratitude, observing to them many instances of his goodness; here informs them, that this voice of his, whether in his prophet, or in his judgments, was directed to the city, either Samaria or Jerusalem, or both, and even to all the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 6:9

The Lord's voice crieth unto the city - No man is found to hear; but the man of wisdom will hear, תושיה tushiyah ; a word frequent in the writings of Solomon and Job, signifying wisdom, wealth, substance, reason, essence, happiness; any thing that is complete; or that which is substantial, in opposition to vanity, emptiness, mere show, unsubstantiality. When God speaks, the man of common sense, who has any knowledge of God or his own soul, will see thy name; but instead of יראה yireh ... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 6:9

Verse 9 The Prophet complains here that he and other teachers did but little, though their cry resounded and was heard by the whole people. He therefore says, that the voice of God cried; as though he had said that there was no excuse for ignorance, for God had indiscriminately exhorted them all to repentance. Now, since what was taught was common to them all, the Prophet deplores their perverseness, for very few were attentive; and the fable was sung, according to the proverb, to the deaf. We... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 6:9

The Lord's voice ( Isaiah 30:31 ; Joel 2:11 ; Amos 1:2 ). These are no longer the words of the prophet, but those of God himself, and not spoken in secret, but unto the city, that all may hear the sentence who dwell in Jerusalem. The man of wisdom shall see thy Name ; i.e. he who is wise regards thy Name and obeys time, does not simply hear, but profits by what he hears. The reading is uncertain. Others render, "Blessed is he who sees thy Name;" but the construction is against... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 6:9

The voice of the rod. God's voice has often called to Jerusalem in mercy and in warning; now it cries in judgment it is the voice of the rod. Notice— I. THE SINS THAT CALL FOR IT . In the context many of the chief national sins are once more enumerated, such as ill-gotten gains ( Micah 6:10 ), false weights and measures ( Micah 6:10 , Micah 6:11 ), oppression of the poor by the petty magnates of the city ( Micah 6:12 ), habitual fraud and falsehood ( Micah 6:12 ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 6:9

God's voice to cities. "The Lord's voice crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom shall see thy Name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it." We raise three remarks from this verse. I. THAT GOD HAS A " VOICE " TO CITIES . "The Lord's voice crieth unto the city." The city meant here is Jerusalem. He speaks to a city: 1 . Through its commerce. The failures that follow fraud, indolence, chicanery. 2 . Through its morality . The funeral processions that darken... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

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

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Micah 6:9

The voice of the Lord crieth unto the city - that is, Jerusalem, as the metropolis of their wealth and their sin, the head and heart of their offending. “Crieth,” aloud, earnestly, intently, so that all might hear. So God says, “Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding pat forth her voice? She crieth at the gates, - unto you, O men, I cry, and my voice is to the sons of men” Proverbs 8:1, Proverbs 8:3-4; and Isaiah prophesied of John the Immerser, “the voice of one crying in the wilderness”... read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Micah 6:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 6:9

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 6:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 6:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 6:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 6:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 6:9-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 6:9-15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Micah 6:9

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