Miquéias 6:1-8

A Acusação do Senhor contra Israel

1 Ouçam o que diz o SENHOR:“Fique em pé, defenda a sua causa;que as colinas ouçam o que você tem para dizer.

2 “Ouçam, ó montes, a acusação do SENHOR;escutem, alicerces eternos da terra.Pois o SENHOR tem uma acusação contra o seu povo;ele está entrando em juízo contra Israel.

3 “Meu povo, o que fiz contra você?Fui muito exigente? Responda-me.

4 Eu o tirei do Egito,e o redimi da terra da escravidão;enviei Moisés, Arão e Miriãpara conduzi-lo.

5 Meu povo, lembre-se do que Balaque,rei de Moabe, pediue do que Balaão, filho de Beor, respondeu.Recorde a viagem que você fez desde Sitim até Gilgal,e reconheça que os atos do SENHOR são justos”.

6 Com que eu poderia comparecer diante doe curvar-me perante o Deus exaltado?Deveria oferecer holocaustos^[a]de bezerros de um ano?

7 Ficaria o SENHOR satisfeito com milhares de carneiros,com dez mil ribeiros de azeite?Devo oferecer o meu filho mais velho por causa da minha transgressão,o fruto do meu corpo por causa do pecado que eu cometi?

8 Ele mostrou a você, ó homem, o que é bome o que o SENHOR exige:pratique a justiça, ame a fidelidadee ande humildemente com o seu Deus.

Miquéias 6:1-8 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO MICAH 6

This chapter contains reproofs of the people of Israel for their sins, threatening them with punishment for them. The prophet is bid to tell them of the controversy the Lord had with them, which he did, Mic 6:1,2; and the Lord calls upon them to declare if they had any thing to object to his attitude towards them, Mic 6:3; and then puts them in mind of the favours they had received from him, in bringing them out of Egypt, and giving them such useful persons to go before them, lead and instruct them, as he had, Mic 6:4; and also reminds them of what passed between Balak, king of Moab, and Balaam the soothsayer; the questions of the one, and the answer of the other; whereby the designs of the former against them were frustrated, Mic 6:5-8; but since the voice of the Lord by his prophet was disregarded by them, they are called upon to hearken to the voice of his rod, Mic 6:9; which should be laid upon them for their fraudulent dealings, injustice, oppression, lies, and deceit, Mic 6:10-12; and therefore are threatened with sickness and desolation, and a deprivation of all good things, the fruit of their labours, Mic 6:13-15; and that because the statutes of Omri, the works of Ahab, and their counsels, were observed by them, Mic 6:16.

Footnotes

• [a]. Isto é, sacrifícios totalmente queimados.