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Verse Micah 6:5. _REMEMBER NOW WHAT BALAK KING OF MOAB CONSULTED_] He
sent for Balaam to _curse_ your fathers; but by my influence he was
obliged to _bless them_. See Numbers 22:5-4 c., and Numbers 2...
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REMEMBER NOW - The word translated now is a very tender one, like our
“do now remember” or “do remember,” beseeching instead of
commanding. Dionysius: “I might command, but I speak tenderly, that
I ma...
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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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POPULAR_ V._ PROPHETIC RELIGION. The classical summary of prophetic
religion in Micah 6:8 is introduced by the figure frequently employed
(Hosea 4:1; Hosea 12:2; Isaiah
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REMEMBER NOW, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 22:5; Numbers 23:7;
Numbers 24:10; Numbers 24:11;...
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_THE LORD'S CHALLENGE TO HIS PEOPLE -- MICAH 6:1-5:_ God called upon
Israel to present any complaints that they might have against Him in
the presence of everyone. Micah moved from his prediction of t...
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FROM SHITTIM UNTO GILGAL— _From Shittim even unto the mountainous
places,_ whither Balak carried Balaam, that he might thence curse the
people of Israel. The original word is הגלגל _hagilgal,_ the roo...
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FORGOTTEN ACTS OF SALVATION. Micah 6:1-8
RV. Hear ye now what Jehovah saith: Arise, contend thou before the
mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice. Hear, O ye mountains,
Jehovah's controversy, an...
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O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what
Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye
may know the righteousness of the LORD.
O MY PEOPLE, REM...
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6:5 righteousness (h-29) Lit. 'righteousnesses.'...
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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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Secondly, God reminds them about his other wonderful deeds. These were
acts that he did with great power. They happened when *Israel was
still a weak nation. God protected the people from evil politic...
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WHAT BALAAM THE SON OF BEOR ANSWERED. — This incident is adduced in
the “pleading” as a signal instance of the controlling power of
God, exercised in an unmistakable manner in behalf of the Israelites...
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עַמִּ֗י זְכָר ־נָא֙ מַה ־יָּעַ֗ץ
בָּלָק֙ מֶ֣ל
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THE REASONABLENESS OF TRUE RELIGION
Micah 6:1
WE have now reached a passage from which all obscurities of date and
authorship disappear before the transparence and splendor of its
contents. "These fe...
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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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O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what
Balaam the son of Beor answered him from (c) Shittim unto Gilgal; that
ye may know the (d) righteousness of the LORD.
(c) That is...
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From Setim to Galgal. He puts them in mind of the favour he did them,
in not suffering them to be quite destroyed by the evil purpose of
Balach and the wicked counsel of Balaam; and then gives them a...
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I beg the Reader particularly to notice in the very commencement of
the Lord's discourse, that the covenant relation between the Lord and
his Israel, is kept in remembrance. O my people! do not, I beg...
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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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God briefly records here what happened in the desert, — that the
people had need of some extraordinary help in addition to the many
benefits which he had conferred on them. For though the people lived...
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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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O MY PEOPLE, REMEMBER NOW WHAT BALAK KING OF MOAB CONSULTED,.... What
a scheme he had laid; what contrivances he had formed; what
consultations he had with a soothsayer or diviner he sent for to curse...
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O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what
Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye
may know the righteousness of the LORD.
Ver. 5. _O my peopl...
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_O my people, remember_, &c. Call to remembrance what Balaam said in
answer to Balak, when he consulted him, namely, that _there was no
enchantment against Jacob_, &c., nothing that could be done agai...
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A CALL TO REPENTANCE...
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O My people, remember now what Balak, king of Moab, consulted, the
counsel he took in trying to bring about their downfall, AND WHAT
BALAAM, THE SON OF BEOR, ANSWERED HIM FROM SHITTIM UNTO GILGAL,
bet...
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1-5 The people are called upon to declare why they were weary of God's
worship, and prone to idolatry. Sin causes the controversy between God
and man. God reasons with us, to teach us to reason with o...
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O MY PEOPLE, REMEMBER NOW; O ISRAEL, think well of it, what I did then
was worthy of a grateful remembrance to this day. WHAT BALAK KING OF
MOAB CONSULTED: this man, though a great and warlike prince,...
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Micah 6:5 people H5971 remember H2142 (H8798) Balak H1111 king H4428
Moab H4124 counseled H3289 (H8804) Balaam...
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MICAH NOW CALLS ON CREATION TO WITNESS YHWH'S CASE AGAINST ISRAEL, AND
FINISHES BY STATING YHWH'S REQUIREMENTS. (MICAH 6:1)
Knowing that the people might be puzzled as to why YHWH should treat
His peo...
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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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_O My people, remember now _
A DIVINE READING
This chapter is a pathetical expostulation of God with His chosen
people, the Jews, for their ungracious demeanour and miscarriage
towards Him.
This ex...
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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 ...
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MICAH—NOTE ON MICAH 6:5 The mention of BALAK and BALAAM (Numbers
22:1) reminds Israel that the Lord wants to bless rather than curse
them....
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
MICAH 6:3. WHAT] opens the suit. Israel, tired with the _dealings_ of
God, had backslided from him. WEARIED] By demanding what is irksome
(Isaiah 43:23; 1 John 5:3); or failing to per...
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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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1 John 1:9; 2 Peter 2:15; Deuteronomy 16:3; Deuteronomy 23:4;...
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Shittim — This is the place where Balak began by the women of Midian
to debauch Israel as Baalim had counselled, and so continued to do,
even to Gilgal, all along the borders of his dominion. The
righ...