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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Micah 6:14

Thy casting down, etc.] RM 'thy emptiness shall be in the midst of thee,' i.e. thy famine shall continue, because thou shalt have food but not sufficient. Thou shalt take hold, etc.] RV 'thou shalt remove but shalt not carry away safe,' i.e. thou shalt fail in the effort to remove thy people from the enemy's power.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Micah 6:14. _THOU SHALT EAT, BUT NOT BE SATISFIED_] All thy possessions are cursed, because of thy sins; and thou hast no _real_ _good_ in all thy enjoyments. _AND THY CASTING DOWN_] For וישחך...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THOU SHALT EAT, BUT NOT BE SATISFIED - The correspondence of the punishment with the sin shall shew that it is not by chance, but from the just judgment of God. The curse of God shall go with what the...

  • 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

    THOU SHALT EAT, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 26:26). THY CASTING DOWN. thy dissatisfaction or emptiness. Hebrew. _yeshach._ Occurs only here. SHALL BE IN THE MIDST OF THEE. [shall remain]...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _IDOLATRY DESTROYED THE NATION -- MICAH 6:12-16:_ God levied some serious charges against the rich. The charges were made not because they were rich but because of how they obtained the wealth. He sai...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THY CASTING-DOWN SHALL BE, &C.— _Darkness shall be upon thee; thou shalt fly away, but shalt not escape; and if any one shall escape, I will give him up to the sword._ See Houbigant and the LXX....

  • 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

    Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy casting down shall be in the midst of thee; and thou shalt take hold, but shalt not deliver; and that which thou deliverest will I give up to the sword....

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    6:14 thee; (c-17) Or 'thou shalt be quite cast down.'...

  • 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

    Micah begins to make it clear how the people’s *sins in *Israel will affect everyone. The people are guilty of various crimes. God makes his decisions. The punishments will suit (match) the crimes. Ot...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THY CASTING DOWN. — The Hebrew word is found only in this passage. It comes from an unused root, meaning to be void, empty. Hence it may be translated _hunger._ THOU SHALT TAKE HOLD. — Thou shalt col...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    אַתָּ֤ה תֹאכַל֙ וְ לֹ֣א תִשְׂבָּ֔ע וְ יֶשְׁחֲ

  • 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

    Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and (k) thy casting down [shall be] in the midst of thee; and thou (l) shalt take hold, but shalt not deliver; and [that] which thou deliverest will I give up to...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    CHAPTER VI. _ And thy. Septuagint, "I will cast thee away into thyself." (Haydock) --- Hold of some fruit. (Calmet) --- Thy wife shall miscarry; (Vatable, &c.) or if she bring forth, the children sha...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • 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

    And he points out what sort of punishment it would be; and he mentions even two kinds in this verse. He says first, _Thou shalt eat, and shalt not be satisfied. _One of God’s plagues, we know, is fami...

  • 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

    THOU SHALT EAT, BUT NOT BE SATISFIED,.... Either not having enough to eat, for the refreshing and satisfying of nature; or else a blessing being withheld from food, though eaten, and so not nourishing...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy casting down [shall be] in the midst of thee; and thou shalt take hold, but shalt not deliver; and [that] which thou deliverest will I give up to the swor...

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

    _Therefore will I make thee sick in smiting thee _ Therefore, upon account of these thy sins, I will, ere long, so smite thee, O Israel, that the strokes shall reach thy heart, and make thee sick unto...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    A THREAT OF PUNISHMENT...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied, on account of the shortage of food following the invasion of the enemy; AND THY CASTING DOWN SHALL BE IN THE MIDST OF THEE, literally, "and thy emptiness remainet...

  • 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

    THOU SHALT EAT; both literally and figuratively taken, for using what they have. So God threatens, LEVITICUS 26:26. So God did punish the Jews, SEE POOLE "HAG 1.6". But not be satisfied; not be filled...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Micah 6:14 eat H398 (H8799) satisfied H7646 (H8799) Hunger H3445 midst H7130 carry H5253 (H8686) save...

  • 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

    _Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap _ USELESS LABOUR Mark the vexation of it--sowing and not reaping; sowing, and somebody else reaping. Here is the uncontrollable element in life. A man says,...

  • 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 ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    MICAH—NOTE ON MICAH 6:14 YOU SHALL SOW, BUT NOT REAP. Human activity is useless without God’s blessing. This is God’s sentence against his people for their sin (compare...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.] MICAH 6:13. SICK] _i.e._ I smite thee mortally (cf. for expression, Nahum 3:19; for matter, Micah 1:9). Micah 6:14. Satis.

  • 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

    Amos 2:14; Amos 9:1; Deuteronomy 32:22; Ezekiel 4:16; Ezekiel 4:17;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    In the midst of thee — Thou shalt be cast down at home by thy own hands. Thou shalt take hold — This may refer either to persons or things, on which we lay hold in order to save them. Shalt not delive...

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