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Verse 8. _HE HATH SHOWED THEE, O MAN, WHAT_ IS _GOOD_] All the modes
of expiation which ye have proposed are, in the sight of God,
unavailable; they cannot do away the _evil_, nor purify from the
_gui...
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HE HATH SHEWED THEE - Micah does not tell them now, as for the first
time; which would have excused them. He says, “He hath shewed
thee;” He, about whose mind and will and pleasure they were
pretendin...
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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 3:13; Isaiah 43:26; Jeremiah 25...
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MAN. Hebrew. _'adam._ App-14.
MERCY. lovingkindness, or grace.
WALK HUMBLY. The Hebrew expression (_hatzene' leketh)_ occurs only
here. This verse embodies the principles governing Jehovah's
adminis...
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_GOD REQUIRED TRUE OBEDIENCE -- MICAH 6:6-8:_ Not many in Israel had
any interest at all in being an honor to God. It seems, however, that
some few in Israel asked, "What offering should I bring when...
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DISCOURSE: 1213
THE SUM OF PRACTICAL RELIGION
Micah 6:6. _Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself
before the high God? Shall I come before him with burnt-offerings,
with calves of a ye...
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HE HATH SHEWED THEE, O MAN, &C.— See here the true spirit of the law
of the Lord! See here what makes a true Israelite! A truth, which the
carnal Jews could never comprehend. In vain did their legisla...
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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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He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD
require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk
humbly with thy God? HE (YAHWEH) HATH SHOWED THEE - long ago, so tha...
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6:8 goodness, (a-24) _ Chesed_ , 'mercy,' 'loving-kindness,' as 2
Chronicles 6:42 ....
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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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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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TO DO JUSTLY... — God “setteth more by mercy than by sacrifice.”
So also in Ecclesiastes: “Let us hear the conclusion of the whole
matter. Fear God and keep His commandments, for this is the whole of...
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הִגִּ֥יד לְךָ֛ אָדָ֖ם מַה ־טֹּ֑וב וּ
מָֽה ־יְהוָ֞ה דֹּורֵ֣שׁ מִמְּךָ֗
כִּ֣י אִם ־עֲשֹׂ֤ות מִשְׁפָּט֙...
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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 f...
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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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He hath shewed thee, O man, what [is] good; and what doth the LORD
require of thee, (g) but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk
humbly with thy God?
(g) The Prophet in few words calls them t...
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_Solicitous. Hebrew also, "humbly." (Haydock) --- This was preferable
to all other sacrifices of the old law, (Worthington) and was
frequently inculcated, Deuteronomy x. 12., Psalm xlix. 9., and Isaia...
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This is that memorable passage in scripture which hath given rise to
numberless opinions, both in the moral and religious world, and by the
perversion of it, untaught by God the Holy Ghost, hath produ...
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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 wit...
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_WORSHIP AND CONDUCT_
‘What doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love
mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God.’
Micah 6:8
It is not right to say that this inspired summary of wher...
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He then says that God had shown by his Law what is good; and then he
adds what it is,_to do justice, to love mercy, _or kindness, _and to
be humbled before God. _It is evident that, in the two first
p...
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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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HE HATH SHOWED ME, O MAN, WHAT [IS] GOOD,.... This is not the answer
of the prophet to the body of the people, or to any and every one of
the people of Israel; but of Balaam to Balak, a single man, th...
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He hath shewed thee, O man, what [is] good; and what doth the LORD
require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk
humbly with thy God?
Ver. 8. _He hath showed thee, O man, what is...
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_He hath showed thee, O man, what is good_ He hath showed thee that
there is no forgiveness without repentance, and that repentance is but
a name, unless there be a ceasing to do evil, and learning to...
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A CALL TO REPENTANCE...
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WALK HUMBLY:
_ Heb._ humble thyself to walk...
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6-8 These verses seem to contain the substance of Balak's
consultation with Balaam how to obtain the favour of Israel's God.
Deep conviction of guilt and wrath will put men upon careful inquiries
aft...
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The prophet answers the inquiry made MICAH 6:7 otherwise than these
inquirers did expect: You who make this inquiry might have spared this
pains. HE, God himself, hath already plainly enough told you...
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Micah 6:8 shown H5046 (H8689) man H120 good H2896 LORD H3068 require
H1875 (H8802) do H6213 (H8800) justly H4941 love H160 mercy H2617 walk
H3212 (H8800) humbly H6800 (H8687) God H430
O man - Romans
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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 pe...
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Micah 6:6
Many and various, in all ages, have been the answers to this question,
but in spirit and principle they reduce themselves to the three which
in these verses are tacitly rejected, that the f...
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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...
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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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_Wherewith shall I come before the Lord _
PLEASING GOD
This is a momentous question, which the world has ever been
asking--“How shall we approach God?
” For men feel that they are separated from Hi...
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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 (Micah...
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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 pe...
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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 ONL...
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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 Corinthians 7:16; 1 Peter 3:8; 1 Peter 5:5; 1 Peter 5:6; 1 Samuel
12:23; 1 Samuel 15:22; 2 Chronicles 30:11; 2 Chronicles 32:26; 2
Chronicles 33:12;...
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He — God hath already told you in his word, with what you ought to
come before him. To do justly — To render to every one their due,
superiors, equals, inferiors, to be equal to all, and oppress none,...