Micah 6:16

For the chukkot Omri (statutes of Omri) are kept, 1 and kol ma'aseh Bais Ach'av (all the works of the House of Ahab); 1 and ye walk in their mo'atzot (advise, counsel); 1 therefore, I should make thee a desolation, 1 and the inhabitants thereof an object of hissing; 1 therefore ye shall bear the cherpah (scorn, abuse, disgrace) of Ami (My people).

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

15Thou shalt sow the zera, but thou shalt not reap the katzir (harvest); 1 thou shalt tread the zayit (olives), but thou shalt not anoint thee with shemen (olive oil); 1 and yayin shalt thou not drink. 1

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Cross References

1 Kings 9:8And at this Beis, which is elyon, every one that passeth by it shall be appalled, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath Hashem done thus unto HaAretz Hazot, and to this Beis?

1 Kings 18:4For it was so, when Izevel cut off the Nevi'im of Hashem, that Ovadyah took a hundred Nevi'im, and hid them by fifty in a me'arah (cave), and fed them with lechem and mayim —

2 Kings 16:3But he walked in the derech of the Melachim of Yisroel, and even made bno to pass through the eish, according to the to'avot of the Goyim, whom Hashem cast out from before the Bnei Yisroel.

2 Chronicles 22:4Therefore he did rah in the eyes of Hashem like the Bais Ach'av (House of Ahab); for they were his yo'atzim (counselors) after the mot (death) of his av to his + 22:4 i.e., Achazyahuʼs, Ahaziahʼs ruin.

2 Chronicles 34:25Because they have forsaken Me, and have burned ketoret unto elohim acherim, that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore My wrath shall be poured out upon this place, and shall not be quenched.

Psalms 44:13Thou sellest Amecha (Thy People) for a mere nothing, 1 and art not enriched by their price. 1

Matthew Henry on Micah 6:10-16

Accusations and Threatenings. ( b. c. 710.) 9 The Lord 's voice crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it. 10 Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable? 11 Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights? 12 For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their… Read the whole commentary →

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