Micah, Chapter 6, verses 1-4, 6-8
1 God's controversy for unkindness, for ignorance, for injusticeMatthew, Chapter 12, verses 38-42
38 He rebuketh the unfaithful who seek after a sign12
12:38 We would see a sign - Else we will not believe this. Mat 16:1; Luk 11:16, Luk 11:29.
12:39 An adulterous generation - Whose heart wanders from God, though they profess him to be their husband. Such adulterers are all those who love the world, and all who seek the friendship of it.Seeketh a sign - After all they have had already, which were abundantly sufficient to convince them, had not their hearts been estranged from God, and consequently averse to the truth.The sign of Jonah - Who was herein a type of Christ.
12:40 Three days and three nights - It was customary with the eastern nations to reckon any part of a natural day of twenty - four hours, for the whole day. Accordingly they used to say a thing was done after three or seven days, if it was done on the third or seventh day, from that which was last mentioned. Instances of this may be seen, Ki1 20:29; and in many other places. And as the Hebrews had no word to express a natural day, they used night and day, or day and night for it. So that to say a thing happened after three days and three nights, was with them the very same, as to say, it happened after three days, or on the third day. See Est 4:16; Est 5:1; Gen 7:4, Gen 7:12; Exo 24:18; Exo 34:28. Jon 2:1.
12:42 She came from the uttermost parts of the earth - That part of Arabia from which she came was the uttermost part of the earth that way, being bounded by the sea. Ki1 10:1.
6 God charges his people with ingratitude, Mic 6:1-5.
The way to please God, Mic 6:6-8.
He sets their sins in order before them, Mic 6:9-15.
6:1 Arise - This is God's command to Micah. Contend thou - Argue the case between God and thy people; and speak as if thou wouldst make the mountains hear thee, to testify for me.
6:2 Foundations of the earth - The mountains properly so called; the sin of Israel is so notorious, that the whole creation may be summoned as a witness against them.
6:3 What have I done - What injustice or unkindness? What grievous, burdensome impositions have I laid upon thee. Wearied thee - Speak, what it is hath caused thee to be weary of me?
6:4 And Miriam - A prophetess to be assistant to her brothers, and to be an example and a counsellor to the women.