Miquéias 6:10-16

10 Porventura ainda há na casa do impio tesouros de impiedade? e a efa desfalcada, que é detestável?
11 Justificerei ao que tem balanças falsas, e uma bolsa de pesos enganosos?
12 Pois os ricos da cidade estão cheios de violência, e os seus habitantes falam mentiras, e a lingua deles é enganosa na sua boca.
13 Assim eu tambem te enfraquecerei, ferindo-te e assolando-te, por causa dos teus pecados.
14 Tu comerás, mas não te fartarás; e a tua fome estará sempre contigo; removerás os teus bens, mas nada livrarás; e aquilo que livrares, eu o entregarei � espada.
15 Tu semearás, mas não segarás; pisarás a azeitona, mas não te ungirás de azeite; e pisarás a vindima, mas não beberás o vinho.
16 Porque se observam os estatutos de Onri, e todas as obras da casa de Acabe, e vós andais nos conselhos deles; para que eu faça de ti uma desolação, e dos seus habitantes um assobio. Assim trareis sobre vós o opróbrio do meu povo.

Miquéias 6:10-16 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.

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