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Verse Micah 6:10. _ARE THERE YET THE TREASURES OF WICKEDNESS_] Such as
false balances and deceitful weights. See on Hosea 12:7. This shows
that they were not DOING JUSTLY. They did not _give to each h...
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ARE THERE YET - Still after all the warnings and long-suffering of
God, “the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked?”
“Treasures of wickedness” are treasures gotten by wickedness; yet
it m...
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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...
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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...
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WICKEDNESS... WICKED. lawlessness... lawless. Hebrew. _rasha'_.
THE SCANT MEASURE, &C. Note the word "abominable" below. In this form,
only in Proverbs 22:14.
MEASURE. ephah. See App-51.
ABOMINABLE....
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_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...
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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...
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Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked,
and the scant measure that is abominable?
ARE THERE YET - notwithstanding all my warnings.
THE TREASURES OF WICKEDNESS IN TH...
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6:10 measure (b-16) Lit. 'ephah.'...
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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...
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THE SCANT MEASURE] cp. Deuteronomy 24:14 f. Amos 8:5....
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This was a message to the people that did business in the city. It was
a message about evil behaviour in business. Good business is not just
about how to increase profits. That was how the people in b...
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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 *...
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THE SCANT MEASURE. — Literally, _the hateful ephah of leanness_ —
_i.e._, less than it should be. The Jews were much addicted to the
falsification of weights and measures. They made “the ephah small,...
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עֹ֗וד הַ אִשׁ֙ בֵּ֣ית רָשָׁ֔ע
אֹצְרֹ֖ות רֶ֑שׁ
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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
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“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,...
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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...
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These expressions are all directed to one and the same end, namely, to
teach Israel the enormity of his transgressions. Omri was a king in
Israel, and so was Ahab, his son; both transgressors before t...
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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...
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Interpreters differ as to the word האש, _eash_: some think that it
ought to be read האיש, _eaish, _with an addition of two letters,
and render it, “Is it yet man?” But this would render the passage
ab...
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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...
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ARE THERE YET THE TREASURES OF WICKEDNESS THE HOUSE OF THE WICKED?....
There are; they continue there. This is the voice of the Lord by the
prophet, and the language of the rod of correction to be hea...
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Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked,
and the scant measure [that is] abominable?
Ver. 10. _Are there yet the treasures of wickedness_] What yet? for
all that ever I c...
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_Are there yet the treasures of wickedness_, &c. Notwithstanding all
the express laws, the exhortations and reproofs given you upon this
subject, and so many examples of punishment set before you; sti...
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A THREAT OF PUNISHMENT...
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Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked?
namely, such as had been gained by wickedness, by oppression and
cheating, AND THE SCANT MEASURE THAT IS ABOMINABLE? literally, "a...
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ARE THERE YET THE TREASURES OF WICKEDNESS IN THE HOUSE OF THE WICKED:
Or, is there yet unto every man an house of the wicked? etc.
SCANT MEASURE THAT IS ABOMINABLE:
_ Heb._ measure of leanness...
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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...
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ARE THERE YET? after so many express laws peremptorily forbidding, so
many examples of punishments on such, after so many reproofs, menaces,
and exhortations by so many prophets, dare you still do so...
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Micah 6:10 there H786 treasures H214 wickedness H7562 (H8676) H376
house H1004 wicked H7563 short H7332 measure...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_The scant measure which is abomination _
CIVIC SINS
In these verses we have a sample of the crimes which abound in the
city, and which would bring on the threatened judgment.
I. Their variety.
1....
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
MICAH 6:10. YET] notwithstanding warnings, treasures acquired by fraud
and oppression. SCANT] Lit. lean ephah, the measure forbidden (too
small), not the right measure (Deuteronomy 25...
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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...
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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...
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2 Kings 5:23; 2 Kings 5:24; Amos 3:10; Amos 8:5; Amos 8:6;...
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Yet — After so many express laws, and so many examples of
punishment. Treasures — Gotten by injurious courses....