Micah 6:9

Micah 6:9 in other versions

• 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?
• New Living Translation (NLT)Fear the Lord if you are wise! His voice calls to everyone in Jerusalem: “The armies of destruction are coming; the Lord is sending them.

Context of Micah 6:9

7Will 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? 8He 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 walk humbly with thy God? 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. 10Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable? 11Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?

Micah 6:9 word by word

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

• 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 shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.
• Isaiah 24:10The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in.
• Isaiah 27:10Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.
• Isaiah 32:13Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city:
• Isaiah 40:6The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:
• Isaiah 66:6A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the Lord that rendereth recompence to his enemies.
• Jeremiah 19:11And shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaketh a potter’s vessel, that cannot be made whole again: and they shall bury them in Tophet, till there be no place to bury.
• Jeremiah 26:6Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.
• Jeremiah 37:8And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire.
• Hosea 13:16Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.
• Amos 2:5But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
• Amos 3:8The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord God hath spoken, who can but prophesy?
• Amos 6:1Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came!
• Jonah 3:4And Jonah began to enter into the city a day’s journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.
• Zephaniah 3:2She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the Lord; she drew not near to her God.
• 2 Kings 22:11And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent 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