Miqueas 6:7

7 ¿Se complacerá el SEÑOR con miles de carneros,o con diez mil arroyos de aceite?¿Ofreceré a mi primogénito por mi delito,al fruto de mis entrañas por mi pecado?

Miqueas 6:7 Meaning and Commentary

Micah 6:7

Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams
If single burnt offerings of bullocks and heifers will not do, will rams, and thousands of them, be acceptable to him? if they will, they are at his service, even as many as he pleases; such creatures, as well as oxen, were offered by Balak, ( Numbers 23:1 Numbers 23:2 Numbers 23:4 Numbers 23:29 Numbers 23:30 ) ; [or] with ten thousands of rivers of oil?
for meat offerings, as Jarchi, in which oil was used: this is a hyperbolical expression, as Kimchi rightly observes; suggesting that he was willing to be at any expenses, even the most extravagant, if he could but gain his point, and get the God of Israel on his side. Some render it, "ten thousands of fat valleys" ^F4; abounding with corn, and wine, and oil; the produce of which, had he so many, he could freely part with, could he but obtain his end; see ( Job 20:17 ) ; shall I give my firstborn [for] my transgression, the fruit of my body
[for] the sin of my soul?
his Son, his firstborn, his own flesh and blood, to make atonement for his sins and transgressions; this betrays the person speaking. The people of Israel, though they were sometimes guilty of this horrid, unnatural, and abominable sin, in the height of their degeneracy and apostasy, as to sacrifice their children to Moloch; yet when convinced of their sins, and humbling themselves before God for them, even though but in a hypocritical way, could never be so weak and foolish, so impious and audacious, as to propose that to God, which they knew was so contrary to his will, and so abominable in his sight, ( Leviticus 18:21 ) ; but this comes well enough from a Heathen prince, with whom it was the, height of his devotion and religion, and the greatest sacrifice he thought he could offer up to God; for there is a climax, a gradation in the words from lesser things to greater; and this is the greatest of all, and what was done among the Heathens, ( 2 Kings 17:31 ) ; and was afterwards done by a king of Moab, ( 2 Kings 3:26 2 Kings 3:27 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 (Nmv ylxn twbbrb) "in decem millibus vallium pinguium", Munster.

Miqueas 6:7 In-Context

5 Recuerda, pueblo mío,lo que tramaba Balac, rey de Moab,y lo que le respondió Balán hijo de Beor.Recuerda tu paso desde Sitín hasta Guilgal,y reconoce las hazañas redentoras del SEÑOR».

6 ¿Cómo podré acercarme al SEÑORy postrarme ante el Dios Altísimo?¿Podré presentarme con holocaustoso con becerros de un año?

7 ¿Se complacerá el SEÑOR con miles de carneros,o con diez mil arroyos de aceite?¿Ofreceré a mi primogénito por mi delito,al fruto de mis entrañas por mi pecado?

8 ¡Ya se te ha declarado lo que es bueno!Ya se te ha dicho lo que de ti espera el SEÑOR:Practicar la justicia,amar la misericordia,y humillarte ante tu Dios.

9 Tribu y asamblea de la ciudad,escuchen la voz del SEÑOR, que los convoca,pues es de sabios temer su nombre.