First light over the Judean hills seen from a height: long ridges rank behind rank fading into haze, still and silent, a small stone village in the valley below, under a calm, empty sky.

Hear the LORD’s case

Micah 6

If God asked what He has done to weary you, what would you say?

16 verses≈ 3 minBSB

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Where we are

1–2Hear, you peoplesSamaria falls, Judah mourns, a remnant gathered
3–5Hear, you leadersZion plowed; then the mountain raised and a Ruler from Bethlehem
6–7Hear the LORD’s caseWhat He requires, and who is a God like HimChapter 6

The Case against Israel

God

Hear now what the LORD says:

“Arise, plead your case before the mountains,

and let the hills hear your voice.

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God

Early morning in the gate court of a Judean town: the judges’ stone benches empty along the walls, a single plain wooden stool set in the middle of the paving facing them, long shadows, no one there.

‘My people, what have I done to you?

Testify against Me how I have wearied you!

God

The worshiper

The worshiper

With what shall I come before the LORD

when I bow before the God on high?

Should I come to Him with burnt offerings,

with year-old calves?

The worshiper

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?

Micah

He has shown you, O man, what is good.

And what does the LORD require of you

but to act justly, to love mercy,

and to walk humbly with your God?

Micah 6:8

Reflect

This week

God answers the worshiper with a life, not a price. What would it look like for you this week “to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God”? Name one place for each.

The Punishment of Israel

God

The voice of the LORD calls out to the city

(and it is sound wisdom to fear Your name):

“Heed the rod

and the One who ordained it.

God

God

Can I forget any longer,

O house of the wicked,

the treasures of wickedness

and the short ephah, which is accursed?

Can I excuse dishonest scales

or bags of false weights?

God

For the wealthy of the city

are full of violence,

and its residents speak lies;

their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.

God

Late afternoon at a small terraced farm: a sown field gone to thistles, a cold olive press with its stone at rest and no oil in the vat, and an empty wine jar on its side by a dry winepress, no one there.

Therefore I am striking you severely,

to ruin you because of your sins.

You will eat but not be satisfied,

and your hunger will remain with you.

What you acquire, you will not preserve;

and what you save, I will give to the sword.

You will sow but not reap;

you will press olives but not anoint yourselves with oil;

you will tread grapes but not drink the wine.

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God

You have kept the statutes of Omri

and all the practices of Ahab’s house;

you have followed their counsel.

Therefore I will make you a desolation,

and your inhabitants an object of contempt;

you will bear the scorn of the nations.”

Question

Quick question

The LORD opens His case with evidence. Look again at verse 4.

What does the LORD remind His people He did for them in verse 4?

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A verse to carry with you

He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

Micah 6:8

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