Micah 6:9

Hashemʼs voice crieth unto the ir (city): 1 To fear Thy Shem (Name) is wisdom; 1 heed the rod and the One who appointed it. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

8He hath showed thee, O adam (man), what is tov. 1 And what doth Hashem require of thee, 1 but to do mishpat, and ahavat chesed, 1 and to walk humbly with Eloheicha? 1

10Are there yet the otzerot (treasures) of wickedness 1 in the bais rasha (the house of the wicked), 1 and the scant measure, the too small eifah (bushel) which is accursed? 1

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Cross References

2 Samuel 21:1Then there was a ra'av (famine) in the days of Dovid shalosh shanim, shanah after shanah; and Dovid inquired of Hashem. And Hashem answered, It is on account of Sha'ul, and for his bais hadamim, because he slaughtered the Giv'onim.

Job 5:6Although affliction springeth not forth of the aphar (dust), 1 neither doth amal (trouble, tzoros) sprout out of the adamah; 1

Job 10:2I will say unto Eloah, Do not condemn me; 1 show me what charge Thou dost contend with me. 1

Psalms 9:16The Goyim are sunk down 1 in the shachat (pit) that they dug; 1 in the reshet (net) which they hid 1 is their own foot caught. 1

Psalms 83:18Let them be put to shame and dismayed adei ad (forever); 1 yes, let them perish in disgrace; 1

Proverbs 22:3A prudent man foreseeth the ra'ah, and hideth himself, 1 but the naïve trudge on, and are punished. 1

Matthew Henry on Micah 6:7-9

Anxiety Respecting the Divine Favour. ( b. c. 710.) 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 year old? 7 Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? 8 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… Read the whole commentary →

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