Micah 6:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me. ”

Micah 6:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

O My people - This one tender word, twice repeated , contains in one a whole volume of reproof. It sets before the eyes God’s choice of them of His free grace, and the whole history of His loving...
Micah 6:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Micah 6:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

testify . answer.
Micah 6:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Here God, in the first place, offers to give a reason, if he was accused of any thing. It seems indeed unbecoming the character of God, that he should be thus ready as one guilty to clear himse...
Micah 6:3 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1212 GOD’S CONTROVERSY WITH HIS PEOPLE Micah 6:2-3 . Hear ye, O mountains, the Lord’s controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the Lord hath a controversy with his peo...
Micah 6:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me. O my people, what have I done unto thee? - They are called to show why God should not pronounce sentence...
Micah 6:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me. O my people - the greatest aggravation of their sin, that God always treated them, and still trea...
Micah 6:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 fa...
Micah 6:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE REASONABLENESS OF TRUE RELIGION Micah 6:1-8 WE have now reached a passage from which all obscurities of date and authorship disappear before the transparence and splendor of its contents. "...
Micah 6:3 - 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 mou...
Micah 6:3 - 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...
Micah 6:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 be...
Micah 6:3 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

A BESEECHING GOD ‘O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against Me.’ Micah 6:3 The history of God’s dealings with us is a history of benefits on H...
Micah 6:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

O my people ,.... These are the words of the Lord himself by the prophet, expressing his strong affection to the people of Israel, of which his goodness to them was a full proof, and this was an agg...
Micah 6:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me. Ver. 3. O my people, what have I done unto thee? ] Or rather, what have I not done to do thee good? "O...
Micah 6:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

O my people, what have I done unto thee? What injustice or unkindness? Wherein have I wearied thee? What grievous, burdensome impositions have I laid upon thee? Or, what have I done, or said, or...
Micah 6:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

God's Expostulations with His People. B. C. 710. 1 Hear ye now what the L ORD saith; Ar...
Micah 6:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

O, my people; you whole house of Israel, my people chosen in Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, multiplied in Egypt, and by many miracles owned, redeemed, and carried through the wilderness, and settled in...
Micah 6:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Micah Now Calls On Creation To Witness YHWH's Case Against Israel, And Finishes By Stating YHWH's Requirements. ( Micah 6:1-8 ) Knowing that the people might be puzzled as to why YHWH should treat...
Micah 6:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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...
Micah 6:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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: «H...
Micah 6:3 - 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 hear...
Micah 6:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice God’s controversy with Israel In this text we have God offering to plead before the sinner. The parties, who are the...
Micah 6:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 ;...
Micah 6:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A Call to Repentance
Micah 6:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 43:22 ; Isaiah 43:23 ; Jeremiah 2:31 ; Jeremiah 2:5 ; Micah 6:5 ; Psalms 50:7 ; Psalms 51:4 ; Psalms 81:13 ; Psalms 81:8 ; Romans 3:19 ; Romans 3:4 ; Romans 3:5
Micah 6:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

What have I done — What injustice or unkindness? What grievous, burdensome impositions have I laid upon thee. Wearied thee — Speak, what it is hath caused thee to be weary of me?

Micah 6:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Micah 6:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Micah 6:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Micah 6:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Micah 6:3 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Micah 6:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Micah 6:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Micah 6:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Micah 6:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Micah 6:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Micah 6:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Micah 6:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Micah 6:3 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Micah 6:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Micah 6:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Micah 6:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Micah 6:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Micah 6:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Micah 6:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Micah 6:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Micah 6:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Micah 6:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Micah 6:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Micah 6:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Micah 6:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Micah 6:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Micah 6:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes