Micah 6:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

Micah 6:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
Micah 6:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

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 i...
Micah 6:5 - 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 6:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

remember now, &c. Reference to Pentateuch ( Numbers 22:5 ; Numbers 23:7 ; Numbers 24:10 ; Numbers 24:11 ; Numbers 25:1 ; Numbers 31:16 ; Deuteronomy 23:4 ; Deuteronomy 23:5 ). App-92....
Micah 6:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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 peopl...
Micah 6:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. Remember now what B...
Micah 6:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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...
Micah 6:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
Micah 6:5 - 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 6:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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 Israeli...
Micah 6:5 - 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 6:5 - 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 6:5 - 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 6:5 - 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 6:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 cu...
Micah 6:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 peo...
Micah 6:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Micah 6:5 - 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 6:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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 pr...
Micah 6:5 - 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 6:5 - 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 6:5 - 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 6:5 - 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 6:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

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...
Micah 6:5 - 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 6:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A Call to Repentance
Micah 6:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 1:9 ; 2 Peter 2:15 ; Deuteronomy 16:3 ; Deuteronomy 23:4 ; Deuteronomy 23:5 ; Deuteronomy 8:18 ; Deuteronomy 8:2 ; Deuteronomy 9:7 ; Ephesians 2:11 ; Joshua 10:42 ; Joshua 10:43 ;...
Micah 6:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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 r...

Micah 6:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Micah 6:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Micah 6:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Micah 6:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Micah 6:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Micah 6:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Micah 6:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Micah 6:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Micah 6:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Micah 6:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Micah 6:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Micah 6:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Micah 6:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Micah 6:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Micah 6:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Micah 6:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Micah 6:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Micah 6:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Micah 6:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Micah 6:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Micah 6:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Micah 6:5 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Micah 6:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Micah 6:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Micah 6:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Micah 6:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Micah 6:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Micah 6:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes