Micah 6:16 King James Version (KJV).
They had the superstitious estimate of the worth of sacrifice, which conceives that the external offering is pleasing to God, and can satisfy for sin. Micah 6:16 Commentaries Jump to Previous Ahab Ahab's Astonishment Bear Counsels Derision Desolation Destruction Devices Followed Hissing House Inhabitants Kept Observed Omri Peoples Practices Reproach Ruin Scorn Statutes Thereof Traditions Walk Walked Works “For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.” That I should make thee - This will be the event. “And they observe the statutes of Omri, and all the doings of the house of Ahab, and so ye walk in their counsels; that I may make thee a horror, and her inhabitants a hissing, and the reproach of my people shall ye bear.” The verse is attached loosely to what precedes by Vav. Ye - O house of Israel. Micah 6:16. Willie Bivens for verse 16 Because the people were following Omri 's rule and listening to the counsels of Ahab, God would make them desolate and they would bear the reproach. Because the people were following Omri 's rule and listening to the counsels of Ahab, God would make them desolate and they would bear the reproach. ¶ For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the workes of the house of Ahab, and ye walke in their counsels, that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore yee shall beare the reproch of my people. For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and you walk in their counsels; that I should make you a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore you shall bear the reproach of my people.Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singularOmri -- a king of Israel, also several other IsraelitesConjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular constructAn action, a transaction, activity, a product, propertyAhab -- 'father's brother', a king of Israel, also a false prophetConjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine pluralPreposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine pluralVerb - Qal - Infinitive construct | first person common singularDirect object marker | second person masculine singularConjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singularTo sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marryVerb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine pluralConjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular constructNoun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular 6:16 The statutes - The idolatrous worship was set up by Omri in the royal city. Micah, like his great contemporary Isaiah, and the most of the prophets, wages war against that misconception of sacrifice, but does not thereby … Alexander Maclaren— Expositions of Holy Scripture Read Micah 6:16 Using Other Translations KJV For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people. 16 For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people. Thereof - Of the land. The reproach - The reproach threatened in the law, if my people forsake me.Which best represents the problem with the comment?