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Micah 6:9

The Lord's voice crieth unto the city, in announcing His judgment, and the man of wisdom shall see thy name, literally, "Thy name beholds wisdom," that is, it is a matter of true wisdom to fear the name of Jehovah, or, His attention is directed to the true wisdom of life:. hear ye the rod, perceiving the scourge which the Lord threatens, which He has prepared for His apostate people, and who hath appointed it, for the Assyrian hosts were even then getting their war material ready.

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See also Micah 6:9 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 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,...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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 a...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    THE THIRD PROPHETIC DISCOURSE (6-7) CHAPTER 6 _ 1. The words of Jehovah to His people (Micah 6:1) _ 2. Israel's answer (Micah 6:6) 3. The moral demands of Jehovah (Micah 6:8) 4. The Lord must jud...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    COMMERCIAL DISHONESTY AND ITS PUNISHMENT. This rather corrupt passage is quite distinct from Micah 6:1. It may have been written by Micah, and forms a parallel to his denunciation of agrarian dishones...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    CITY. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of the Subject), App-6, for the inhabitants. THE MAN OF WISDOM SHALL SEE THY NAME. [such as would have] true stability (or safety) will regard Thy name. The...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _GOD WAS DISPLEASED WITH CHEATING AND VIOLENCE -- MICAH 6:9-11:_ A wise man will listen to and obey the voice of Jehovah. He is the Lord and it makes sense to respect His power. He has power to bless...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THE LORD'S VOICE CRIETH, &C.— _The voice of the Lord crieth to the city, that there may be salvation to him who shall fear his name: they have heard him rebuking; but who yet acknowledged him?_ Micah...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    GOD'S JUSTICE DEMANDS THE WICKED BE PUNISHED. Micah 6:9-16 RV. The voice of Jehovah crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom will see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it. Are there...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    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. THE LORD'S VOICE CRIETH UNTO THE CITY - Jerusalem. AND THE MAN OF WISD...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    GOD'S ARRAIGNMENT OF HIS PEOPLE 1-8. Micah's message to the discouraged believers. They have lost heart because of the apparent contradiction between the promises of their prophets and the hard facts...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    MICAH SPEAKS A MESSAGE FROM GOD TO ALL THE NATIONS MICAH _LES PAINTER_ CHAPTER 6 SECTION 3 6:1-7:20 THIRD SERIES OF *PROPHECIES. GOD WILL FORGIVE THE *REMNANT OF HIS PEOPLE 6:1-8 MICAH ACCUSES *...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    This message has two parts. First, Micah tells the people to listen to God. Micah says that the *LORD is calling to the city’s (Jerusalem’s) people. Then Micah adds his own thought. He says, ‘To respe...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    UNTO THE CITY — _i.e._, Jerusalem, the metropolis of the wealth and sinfulness of Judah. THE MAN OF WISDOM SHALL SEE THY NAME — _i.e.,_ will regard it. The sentence may be thrown in parenthetically,...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    קֹ֤ול יְהוָה֙ לָ † עִ֣יר יִקְרָ֔א וְ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE SIN OF THE SCANT MEASURE Micah 6:9; Micah 7:1 THE state of the text of Micah 6:9; Micah 7:1 is as confused as the condition of society which it describe

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    “WHAT DOTH THE LORD REQUIRE OF THEE?” Micah 6:1-16 In Micah 6:1-4 the prophet returns from his vision of the future to the actual condition of his people, which was utterly desperate. The mountains,...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    This closing section is dramatic and magnificent. The prophet summoned Israel and the mountains to hear the controversy of Jehovah with His people. The key-word is "Jehovah... will plead." From that p...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    The LORD'S voice crieth unto the (h) city, and [the man of] wisdom shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it. (h) Meaning, that when God speaks to any city or nation, the godly w...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    God's voice is his word, his ordinances, his providences, his mercies, his judgments. And the man of wisdom will see and regard it. In the margin of our old Bibles, the words are, thy name shall see t...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    Lectures on the Minor Prophets. W. Kelly. The prophecy of Micah, like all the rest, has its own distinctive properties, though falling into the general current of testimony to Israel, and so far with...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    After having thus declared the counsels of God in grace, the Spirit returns to His pleadings with Israel in respect of their moral condition, calling the whole earth as audience to hear His controvers...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    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 address...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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. Ver. 9. The Lord's voice crieth unto the city] Or, shall cry, viz. by hi...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _The Lord's voice crieth_ Either by his judgments, each of which is his voice, or by his prophets; _unto the city_ To every city in Israel and Judah, but principally to Jerusalem and Samaria. _The man...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    THE MAN OF: Or, thy name shall see that which is...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    9-16 God, having showed how necessary it was that they should do justly, here shows how plain it was that they had done unjustly. This voice of the Lord says to all, Hear the rod when it is coming, b...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THE LORD'S VOICE; either by his judgments, each of which is the Lord's voice, he speaks by them; or rather by his prophets; and whether people hear it, or forbear, the Lord himself is concerned in it....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Micah 6:9 LORDS H3068 voice H6963 cries H7121 (H8799) Wisdom H8454 see H7200 (H8799) name H8034 Hear...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE PROPHET NOW REINFORCES HIS WORDS BY CALLING FOR THEIR RESPONSE AND EMPHASISING THEIR FAILURES AND WHAT WILL RESULT FROM THEM (MICAH 6:9). Although YHWH pleads with His people they still walk in t...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Micah 6:1. _Hear ye now what the LORD saith;_ And yet some doubt the infallible inspiration of Scripture. I would commence every reading of the Scripture with such a word of admonition as this: «Hear...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Jehovah's controversy with Israel's past and present. CHARACTERS: God, Omri, Ahab, Balak, Balaam. CONCLUSION: God issues a challenge to all who have ever professed belief in Him, but have w...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Micah 6:5. _Oh my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted._ He went to Balaam the false prophet for advice; and both he and his people, and the prophet perished together. Had he hearken...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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 _ THE VOICE OF GOD IN HIS JUDGMENTS I. This text announces that there is a...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    MICAH 6:1 The Lord’s Indictment and Restoration of His People. The Lord’s indictment against his people is delivered (Micah 6:1), and the crisis within the covenantal relationship is described ...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.] MICAH 6:9.] Israel lacks these virtues. CRIETH] Earnestly and loudly in Jerusalem. WISDOM] Wise men will hear and discover God’s authority in the message. “Thy name sees wisdom, _i.e....

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION VERSE 6:1-7:20 Part III. In this address, which is later than the preceding parts, the prophet sets forth the way of salvation: PUNISHMENT IS THE CONSEQUENCE OF SIN; REPENTANCE IS THE ONLY...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Hear ye now what the LORD says; 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 th...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Kings 22:11; 2 Samuel 21:1; Amos 2:5; Amos 3:8; Amos 4:6;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Crieth — Either by his judgments, each of which is the Lord's voice, or by his prophets. The city — To every city in Israel and Judah, but principally to Jerusalem and Samaria. The man of wisdom — Eve...

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