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Micah 6:3
3“O my people, what have I done to you? What have I done to make you tired of me? Answer me!
Micah 6:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.
- New International Version (NIV)“My people, what have I done to you? How have I burdened you? Answer me.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"O my people, what have I done to you? How have I wearied you? Answer me!
- New King James Version (NKJV)“O My people, what have I done to you? And how have I wearied you? Testify against Me.
Context of Micah 6:3
1Listen to what the Lord is saying: “Stand up and state your case against me. Let the mountains and hills be called to witness your complaints. 2And now, O mountains, listen to the Lord’s complaint! He has a case against his people. He will bring charges against Israel. “O my people, what have I done to you? What have I done to make you tired of me? Answer me! 4For I brought you out of Egypt and redeemed you from slavery. I sent Moses, Aaron, and Miriam to help you. 5Don’t you remember, my people, how King Balak of Moab tried to have you cursed and how Balaam son of Beor blessed you instead? And remember your journey from Acacia Grove to Gilgal, when I, the Lord, did everything I could to teach you about my faithfulness.”
Read all of Micah 6Micah 6:3 word by word
עַמִּ֛י מֶה־עָשִׂ֥יתִי לְךָ֖ וּמָ֣ה הֶלְאֵתִ֑יךָ עֲנֵ֥ה בִֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Micah 6:3
- Micah 6:5Don’t you remember, my people, how King Balak of Moab tried to have you cursed and how Balaam son of Beor blessed you instead? And remember your journey from Acacia Grove to Gilgal, when I, the Lord, did everything I could to teach you about my faithfulness.”
- Psalms 50:7“O my people, listen as I speak. Here are my charges against you, O Israel: I am God, your God!
- Psalms 81:8“Listen to me, O my people, while I give you stern warnings. O Israel, if you would only listen to me!
- Jeremiah 2:5This is what the Lord says: “What did your ancestors find wrong with me that led them to stray so far from me? They worshiped worthless idols, only to become worthless themselves.
- Isaiah 43:22“But, dear family of Jacob, you refuse to ask for my help. You have grown tired of me, O Israel!
- Psalms 51:4Against you, and you alone, have I sinned; I have done what is evil in your sight. You will be proved right in what you say, and your judgment against me is just.
- Romans 3:4Of course not! Even if everyone else is a liar, God is true. As the Scriptures say about him, “You will be proved right in what you say, and you will win your case in court.”
Commentaries on Micah 6:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3O my people, what have I done unto thee? - They are called to show why God should not pronounce sentence upon them. This condescension is truly astonishing! God appears to humble himself to his creatures. You have acted basely, treacherously, and ungratefully to me; this had already been proved by the prophets. What cause have I given you for such conduct? I have required a religious service from you; but have I wearied you by a fatiguing round of…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3O My people - This one tender word, twice repeated, contains in one a whole volume of reproof. It sets before the eyes God‘s choice of them of His free grace, and the whole history of His loving-kindness, if so they could be ashamed of their thanklessness and turn to Him. “Mine,” He says, “ye are by creation, by Providence, by great deliverances and by hourly love and guardianship, by gifts of nature, the world, and grace; such things have I done for…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3wearied you!: The Lord asks if he has done anything to make Israel turn away from him. However, their disrespect for God comes from their own lack of gratitude (Micah 6:4–5).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. my people--the greatest aggravation of their sin, that God always treated them, and still treats them, as His people. what have I done unto thee?--save kindness, that thou revoltest from Me (Jr 2:5, 31). wherein have I wearied thee?--What commandments have I enjoined that should have wearied thee as irksome (1Jo 5:3)?Read the comment
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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
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