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Themes in Micah 6

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Themes in Micah 6

Micah 6:1 (show verse)

Hear ye now what LORD says: Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.

Condescension of God » Expostulates with backsliding israel

Micah 6:2 (show verse)

Hear, O ye mountains, LORD's controversy, and ye enduring foundations of the earth, for LORD has a controversy with his people, and he will contend with Israel.

Condescension of God » Expostulates with backsliding israel
Reasoning » God reasons with men

Micah 6:3 (show verse)

O my people, what have I done to thee? And in what have I wearied thee? Testify against me.

Condescension of God » Expostulates with backsliding israel
God's Call » The comes of God's word » Divine pleadings

Micah 6:4 (show verse)

For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of bondage. And I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.

Aaron » Commissioned » deliverer » Israel
Condescension of God » Expostulates with backsliding israel
miriam » Song of, after the destruction of pharaoh and his army
miriam » Characteristics of » Regarded as a leader in israel
God, Righteousness Of » His care and defence of his people designed to teach
Women » As prophets » miriam

Micah 6:5 (show verse)

O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him. [Remember] from Shittim to Gilgal, that ye may know the righteous acts of LORD.

balaam » General references to
balaam » Balak sends for, to curse israel
Balak » King of moab
Condescension of God » Expostulates with backsliding israel
Moabites » Calls for balaam to curse israel
God, Righteousness Of » His care and defence of his people designed to teach
Shittim » Also called abel-shittim » Balaam prophesies in

Micah 6:6 (show verse)

Why shall I come before LORD, and bow myself before the high God? Shall I come before him with burnt-offerings, with calves a year old?

Calf » Offered in sacrifice
Calves » Of a year old best for sacrifice
Condescension of God » Expostulates with backsliding israel
Offerings » Useless when not accompanied by genuine piety
Requirements » What the lord requires

Micah 6:7 (show verse)

Will LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, [or] with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

Condescension of God » Expostulates with backsliding israel
the First-born » Precious and valuable
Offerings » Useless when not accompanied by genuine piety
Requirements » What the lord requires
Sin » No man can atone for

Micah 6:8 (show verse)

He has shown thee, O man, what is good. And what does LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with thy God?

Condescension of God » Expostulates with backsliding israel
Christian conduct » Living » Unto righteousness
Divine Requirements » General references to
Humility » Encouraged
Humility » Necessary to the service of God
Justice » God » Requires
Mercy » Man commanded to exercise
Offerings » Useless when not accompanied by genuine piety
Religion » True religion » Scriptural definition of
Requirements » What the lord requires
True religion » Scriptural definition of

Micah 6:9 (show verse)

The voice of LORD cries to the city, and [the man of] wisdom will see thy name. Hear ye the rod, and who has appointed it.

Afflictions made beneficial » In teaching us the will of God
Condescension of God » Expostulates with backsliding israel
Judgments » Are from God

Micah 6:10 (show verse)

Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a scant measure that is abominable?

Lying/lies » Who is a liar
Measure » Must be just
Measures » The jews often used unjust
Satisfaction » Who shall not be satisfied
Violence » Who is violent
Wealth » Treasures of wickedness
Weights » Must be just
Wickedness » Treasures of wickedness

Micah 6:11 (show verse)

Shall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?

Balances » False balance used
Business life » Dishonesty » Condemned
Business life » Fidelity » Giving of just weights
Character » Of the wicked » Fraudulent
Character of the wicked » Fraudulent
Dishonesty » Condemned
Lying/lies » Who is a liar
Measure » Must be just
Measures » Just weights
Satisfaction » Who shall not be satisfied
Social duties » Mercifulness » Of giving just weights
Vices » Dishonesty » Condemned
Violence » Who is violent
Virtues » Fidelity » Giving of just weights
Wealth » Treasures of wickedness
Weights » Troy weights a gerah = 1/50 oz » 10 gerahs = 1 bekah = 1/5 oz
Weights » Must be just
Weights » The jews » Frequently used unjust
Wickedness » Treasures of wickedness

Micah 6:12 (show verse)

For the rich men of it are full of violence, and the inhabitants of it have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

Corruption » In politics in the church » The prevalence of violence
Corruption » Moral
Deceit » The wicked full of » The prevalence of
Evil » Filled » Moral
Lying/lies » Who is a liar
Measure » Must be just
Riches » Often lead to » Violence
Satisfaction » Who shall not be satisfied
The Nation » Appointed by God corrupt » The prevalence of violence
Violence » Who is violent
Wealth » Treasures of wickedness
Wickedness » Treasures of wickedness
The world » Conformity to forbidden creation of » Filled with violence

Micah 6:13 (show verse)

Therefore I also have smitten thee with a grievous wound, I have made thee desolate because of thy sins.

Disease » Sent as a judgment » Sometimes sent as a judgment for sin
Satisfaction » Who shall not be satisfied
Sickness » Sometimes sent as a judgment for sin
Sin » Secret » Sickness caused by

Micah 6:14 (show verse)

Thou shall eat, but not be satisfied, and thy humiliation shall be in the midst of thee. And thou shall put away, but shall not save, and that which thou save I will give up to the sword.

Satisfaction » Who shall not be satisfied

Micah 6:15 (show verse)

Thou shall sow, but shall not reap, thou shall tread the olives, but shall not anoint thee with oil, and the vintage, but shall not drink the wine.

Anointing » Of the body
Anointing » Deprivation of, threatened as a punishment
Oil » Extracted by presses
Olive Trees » The fruit of, trodden in presses to extract the oil
Reaping » The jews often hindered from, on account of their sins
Wine » Sweet, esteemed for flavor and strength

For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels, that I may make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof a hissing. And ye shall bear the reproach of my people.

Ahab » King of israel » Other wickedness of
Omri » King of israel » Denounced by micah