Mic 6:9-16 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Mic 6:9-16: 6:9-16 People in Jerusalem were here invited to learn the lesson from Samaria: If you oppress others in order to have an abundance for yourself (6:10-12 ), you will never have enough however much you get (6:13-15 ), and eventually you will lose even that (6:16 ). It is fitting for such people to become an object of scorn, not to receive honor and adulation (6:16 ). 6:9 Those who are wise fear the Lord ; God’s voice calls to everyone in Jerusalem to learn wisdom (cp. Prov 1:7 , 20 , 28 ). • The armies of destruction ... sending them: Assyria would carry out the Lord’s plan to destroy Samaria, while Babylon would be the instrument of destruction for Jerusalem (Mic 4:10 ).

Summary for Mic 6:9-16: 6:9-16 ^a People in Jerusalem were here invited to learn the lesson from Samaria: If you oppress others in order to have an abundance for yourself (6:10-12 ^b), you will never have enough however much you get (6:13-15 ^c), and eventually you will lose even that (6:16 ^d). It is fitting for such people to become an object of scorn, not to receive honor and adulation (6:16 ^e). 6:9 ^f Those who are wise fear the Lord; God’s voice calls to everyone in Jerusalem to learn wisdom (cp. Prov 1:7 ^g, 20 ^h, 28 ⁱ).

• The armies of destruction ... sending them: Assyria would carry out the Lord’s plan to destroy Samaria, while Babylon would be the instrument of destruction for Jerusalem (Mic 4:10 ^j).
Summary for Mic 6:10-12: 6:10-12 ^k The Lord had specific accusations against his people. They had become a community of deceit that was ripe for rejection and destruction. Falsely acquired wealth, unethical business practices, threats, and violence characterized this supposed people of God (see 2 Kgs 6:25 ^l; Hos 12:7-8 ^m; Amos 8:5-6 ⁿ). They could not change, because lying was their way of life (cp. Prov 6:16-19 ^o). Israel was completely corrupt.
Summary for Mic 6:13-16: 6:13-16 ^p I will wound you! This phrase introduces all of the curses that God had promised to bring upon the disobedient and rebellious people of Israel (see Deut 28:15-68 ^q).
6:16 ^r evil King Omri ... wicked King Ahab: These kings began perhaps the most rebellious dynasty to reign in northern Israel (885–841 BC; 1 Kgs 16:23—2 Kgs 10:17 ^s), and Elijah condemned them to annihilation (2 Kgs 10:17 ^t). No northern kings of Israel followed the laws of Moses (cp. Mic 1:5-6 ^u). Omri and his son Ahab were the epitome of evil kings (e.g., 1 Kgs 18:4 ^v; 21:1-26 ^w). Omri’s dynasty was destroyed in 841 BC (2 Kgs 9:14–10:17 ^x), and the people of Israel who followed their evil example would similarly be destroyed.