Micah 6:7 KJV — MannaFest

Micah 6:7

Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

KJV

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ASV

will Jehovah be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my first-born for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

WEB

Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I present my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

YLT

Is Jehovah pleased with thousands of rams? With myriads of streams of oil? Do I give my first-born for my transgression? The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

DBT

Will Jehovah take pleasure in thousands of rams, in ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

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Micah — A prophet of rural Moresheth — contemporary of Isaiah — preaching judgment on Jerusalem and Samaria. Bethlehem named as Messiah's birthplace. And the Bible's clearest summary of what the LORD requires.

Author: Micah the Morasthite (1:1) — from Moresheth-Gath in the Judean lowlands
Date: c. 740–700 BC, during the reigns of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah

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31 verses on the floor

Hebrews 13:16
But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
Isaiah 1:11
To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the Lord: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.
2 Kings 3:27
Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great indignation against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to their own land.
2 Kings 16:3
But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out from before the children of Israel.
1 Samuel 15:22
And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.

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All the proposals of peace but those that are according to the gospel are absurd. One stream of the blood of Christ is worth ten thousand rivers of oil. (2.) Some of them are wicked things, as to give our first-born and the fruit of our body to death, which would but add to the transgression and the sin of the soul.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

He calls upon them to hear the voice of his judgments, and sets the sins in order before them for which he still proceeded in his controversy with them (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

rivers of oil--used in sacrifices (Le 2:1, 15). Will God be appeased by my offering so much oil that it shall flow in myriads of torrents? my first-born-- (2Ki 3:27). As the king of Moab did. fruit of my body--my children, as an atonement (Ps 132:11).

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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MIC 6:71SA 15:22 HOS 6:6
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
MIC 6:71SA 15:22 PRO 21:3
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
MIC 6:71SA 15:22 PSA 51:16-17
MIC 6:71SA 15:22 AMO 5:21-24
MIC 6:71SA 15:22 MRK 12:33
MIC 6:7HOS 6:6 1SA 15:22
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
MIC 6:7HOS 6:6 MAT 9:13
MIC 6:7HOS 6:6 MAT 12:7

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