Micah 6:9

Micah 6:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)Listen! The Lord is calling to the city— and to fear your name is wisdom— “Heed the rod and the One who appointed it.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The voice of the Lord cries to the city— and it is sound wisdom to fear your name: "Hear of the rod and of him who appointed it!
• New King James Version (NKJV)The Lord’s voice cries to the city— Wisdom shall see Your name: “Hear the rod! Who has appointed it?

Context of Micah 6:9

7Would the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams or with ten thousand streams of oil? Should I give my firstborn for my transgression, the offspring of my body for my own sin? 8Mankind, he has told each of you what is good and what it is the Lord requires of you: to act justly, to love faithfulness, and to walk humbly with your God. The voice of the Lord calls out to the city (and it is wise to fear your name): “Pay attention to the rod and the one who ordained it. 10Are there still the treasures of wickedness and the accursed short measure in the house of the wicked? 11Can I excuse wicked scales or bags of deceptive weights?

Micah 6:9 word by word

ק֤וֹל יְהוָה֙ לָעִ֣יר יִקְרָ֔א וְתוּשִׁיָּ֖ה יִרְאֶ֣ה שְׁמֶ֑ךָ שִׁמְע֥וּ מַטֶּ֖ה וּמִ֥י יְעָדָֽהּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The Lord’sיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• voiceקוֹלqôl qôl · voiceH6963
• criethקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call toH7121
• unto the cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• wisdomתּוּשִׁיָּהtûshîyâh tûshîyâh · wisdomH8454
• shall seeרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• thy nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• hearשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• ye the rodמַטֶּהmaţţeh maţţâh · tribe: rodH4294
• and who hath appointedיָעַדyâ‛ad · to appointH3259

Cross-references for Micah 6:9

• Micah 3:12Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become ruins, and the temple’s mountain will be a high thicket.
• Isaiah 24:10The city of chaos is shattered; every house is closed to entry.
• Isaiah 27:10For the fortified city will be desolate, pastures deserted and abandoned like a wilderness. Calves will graze there, and there they will spread out and strip its branches.
• Isaiah 32:13for the ground of my people growing thorns and briers, indeed, for every joyous house in the jubilant city.
• Isaiah 40:6A voice was saying, “Cry out!” Another said, “What should I cry out?” “All humanity is grass, and all its goodness is like the flower of the field.
• Isaiah 66:6A sound of uproar from the city! A voice from the temple — the voice of the Lord, paying back his enemies what they deserve!
• Jeremiah 19:11and you are to proclaim to them, ‘This is what the Lord of Armies says: I will shatter these people and this city, like one shatters a potter’s jar that can never again be mended. They will bury the dead in Topheth because there is no other place for burials.
• Jeremiah 26:6I will make this temple like Shiloh. I will make this city an example for cursing for all the nations of the earth.’”
• Jeremiah 37:8The Chaldeans will then return and fight against this city. They will capture it and burn it.
• Hosea 13:16Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their children will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.
• Amos 2:5Therefore, I will send fire against Judah, and it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem.
• Amos 3:8A lion has roared; who will not fear? The Lord God has spoken; who will not prophesy?
• Amos 6:1Woe to those who are at ease in Zion and to those who feel secure on the hill of Samaria — the notable people in this first of the nations, those the house of Israel comes to.
• Jonah 3:4Jonah set out on the first day of his walk in the city and proclaimed, “In forty days Nineveh will be demolished!”
• Zephaniah 3:2She has not obeyed; she has not accepted discipline. She has not trusted in the Lord; she has not drawn near to her God.
• 2 Kings 22:11When the king heard the words of the book of the law, he tore his clothes.

Commentaries on Micah 6:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9The Lord's voice crieth unto the city - No man is found to hear; but the man of wisdom will hear, תושיה tushiyah ; a word frequent in the writings of Solomon and Job, signifying wisdom, wealth, substance, reason, essence, happiness; any thing that is complete; or that which is substantial, in opposition to vanity, emptiness, mere show, unsubstantiality. When God speaks, the man of common sense, who has any knowledge of God or his own soul, will see thy…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9The voice of the Lord crieth unto the city - that is, Jerusalem, as the metropolis of their wealth and their sin, the head and heart of their offending. “Crieth,” aloud, earnestly, intently, so that all might hear. So God says, “Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding pat forth her voice? She crieth at the gates, - unto you, O men, I cry, and my voice is to the sons of men” Proverbs 8:1, Proverbs 8:3-4; and Isaiah prophesied of John the Immerser, “the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-16Verses 9-16 God, having showed how necessary it was that they should do justly, here shows how plain it was that they had done unjustly. This voice of the Lord says to all, Hear the rod when it is coming, before you see it, and feel it. Hear the rod when it is come, and you are sensible of the smart; hear what counsels, what cautions it speaks. The voice of God is to be heard in the rod of God. Those who are dishonest in their dealings shall never be…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9Wise people respect the Lord. God's voice invites everyone in Jerusalem to learn wisdom (compare Proverbs 1:7, 20, 28). Heed the rod … who ordained it: Assyria would carry out the Lord’s plan to destroy Samaria, while Babylon would be the instrument of destruction for Jerusalem (Micah 4:10).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. unto the city--Jerusalem. the man of wisdom--As in Pr 13:6, Hebrew, "sin" is used for "a man of sin," and in Psa 109:4, "prayer" for "a man of prayer"; so here "wisdom" for "the man of wisdom." shall see thy name--shall regard Thee, in Thy revelations of Thyself. Compare the end of Mi 2:7. God's "name" expresses the sum-total of His revealed attributes. Contrast with this Is 26:10, "will not behold the majesty of the Lord." Another reading is adopted…Read the comment

Topics related to Micah 6:9

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Condescension of God
• Resignation

In the dictionaries

• Justly
• Faithful; Faithfulness
• Micah (2)
• Proverbs, the Book of

Commentaries on Micah 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings