Miqueas 6:6

6 ¿Con qué me presentaré ante el SEÑOR, y adoraré al Dios Alto? ¿Vendré ante él con holocaustos, con becerros de un año

Miqueas 6:6 Meaning and Commentary

Micah 6:6

Wherewith shall I come before the Lord
These are not the words of the people of Israel God had a controversy with, and now made sensible of their sin, and humbled for it; and willing to appease the Lord, and make it up with him at any rate; for there are such things proposed by them as do by no means suit with persons of such a character, nay, even suppose them to be hypocritical; and much less are they what were put into their mouths by the prophet to say, as some suggest; but they are the words of Balak king of Moab, which, and what follow, are questions he put to Balaam, who had told him that he could do nothing without the Lord, nor anything contrary to his word: now he asks what he must do to get the good will of this Lord; in what manner, and with what he must appear before him, serve and worship him, as the Targum; that so he might have an interest in him, and get him to speak a word to Balaam in his favour, and against Israel; see ( Numbers 22:8 Numbers 22:18 Numbers 22:38 ) ( Numbers 23:12 Numbers 23:15 Numbers 23:26 ) ; [and] bow myself before the high God?
the most high God, the God of gods, whose Shechinah or Majesty is in the high heavens, as the Targum: his meaning is, with what he should come, or bring with him, when he paid his homage and obeisance to him, by bowing his body or his knee before him; being willing to do it in the most acceptable manner he could: shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year
old?
such as he had been used to offer on the high places of Baal to that deity. Sacrifices of this kind prevailed among the Heathens, which they had received by tradition from the times of Adam and Noah; see ( Numbers 22:41 ) .

Miqueas 6:6 In-Context

4 Porque yo te hice subir de la tierra de Egipto, y de la casa de siervos te rescaté; y envié delante de ti a Moisés, a Aarón, y a María

5 Pueblo mío, acuérdate ahora qué pensó Balac rey de Moab, y qué le respondió Balaam, hijo de Beor, desde Sitim hasta Gilgal, para que conozcas la justicia del SEÑOR

6 ¿Con qué me presentaré ante el SEÑOR, y adoraré al Dios Alto? ¿Vendré ante él con holocaustos, con becerros de un año

7 ¿Se agradará el SEÑOR de millares de carneros, o de diez millares de arroyos de aceite? ¿Daré mi primogénito por mi rebelión, el fruto de mi vientre por el pecado de mi alma

8 Oh hombre, él te ha declarado qué sea lo bueno, y qué pide de ti el SEÑOR: solamente hacer juicio recto, y amar misericordia, y humillarte para andar con tu Dios