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Mihej 6

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1 Slušajte šta govori Gospod: Ustani, sudi se s gorama, i neka čuju humovi glas tvoj.

2 Slušajte, gore i tvrdi temelji zemaljski, parbu Gospodnju, jer Gospod ima parbu s narodom svojim, i s Izrailjem se sudi.

3 Narode moj, šta sam ti učinio? I čim sam ti dosadio? Odgovori mi.

4 Jer te izvedoh iz zemlje misirske i iskupih iz kuće ropske i poslah pred tobom Mojsija, Arona i Mariju.

5 Narode moj, opomeni se šta naumi Valak car moavski i šta mu odgovori Valam, sin Veorov, od Sitima do Galgala šta bi, da poznaš pravdu Gospodnju.

6 Sa čim ću doći pred Gospoda da se poklonim Bogu Višnjem? Hoću li doći preda Nj sa žrtvama paljenicama? S teocima od godine?

7 Hoće li Gospodu biti mile hiljade ovnova? Desetine hiljada potoka ulja? Hoću li dati prvenca svog za prestup svoj? Plod utrobe svoje za greh duše svoje?

8 Pokazao ti je, čoveče, šta je dobro; i šta Gospod ište od tebe osim da činiš što je pravo i da ljubiš milost i da hodiš smerno s Bogom svojim?

9 Glas Gospodnji viče gradu, i ko je mudar vidi ime tvoje; slušajte prut i Onog koji ga je odredio.

10 Nije li jošte u kući bezbožnikovoj blago nepravo? I efa krnja, gadna?

11 Hoće li mi biti čist u koga su merila lažna i u tobocu prevarno kamenje?

12 Jer su bogatuni njegovi puni nepravde, i stanovnici govore laž, i u ustima im je jezik prevaran.

13 Zato ću te i ja biti da oboliš, pustošiću te za grehe tvoje.

14 Ti ćeš jesti, ali se nećeš nasititi, i padanje tvoje biće usred tebe; i sklanjaćeš, ali nećeš izbaviti, i što izbaviš predaću maču.

15 Ti ćeš sejati, ali nećeš žeti; ti ćeš cediti masline, ali se nećeš namazati uljem, i mast, ali nećeš piti vino.

16 Jer se drže uredbe Amrijeve i sva dela doma Ahavovog, i hodite po savetima njihovim, da te predam u pogibao, i stanovnike njegove u podsmeh, i nosićete sramotu naroda mog.

   

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Exploring the Meaning of Micah 6

Napsal(a) New Christian Bible Study Staff

In Micah 6:1-4, the Lord speaks of all that He has done for Israel, getting them out of Egypt where they were slaves. In Micah 6:5, he relates how He protected them from Balak, king of Moab (in Numbers 22-24).

Then, in Micah 6:6-8, the Lord asks, rhetorically, how the people should worship Him: “With calves of a year old?” and then goes on with a reference to the idol Moloch, “shall I give my firstborn for my transgression?” Obviously these external acts do no good at all without internal repentance and a stopping of any transgressions.

Then He answers the question. Micah says, “He has told thee oh man, what is good,” and continues the stirring, familiar words; "do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with thy God". 1

Micah 6:9 is about humility. It's a really important idea that started to be a problem for humankind all the way back in the story of the Garden of Eden. To eat of the tree of “the knowledge of good and evil” is to take to oneself the right/ability to decide which is which, and not listen to what God says about it. To walk “humbly” is to listen to God. That’s the meaning of “hear ye the rod and who has appointed it.”

Micah 6:10-11 points out that there is still some falsification with these people. The lean ephah is a cheating on the amount of liquid in a pitcher, and liquids refer to truth. Stones are used as weights to balance a scale that weighs out a purchase of food, and deceitful stones will cheat the buyer. Food means a form of good.

In Micah 6:12, 13, the rich mean people who, because they know a lot about natural things, believe they are also wise about spiritual things. 2 Here they are wicked and love the life of evil and falsity, nor can they be changed.

Then, in Micah 6:14-16, the chapter ends with a list of the problems such people will face. To eat, in the good sense, is to take in good. However, the gifts given by people who are immersed in evils and falsities turn out to be false gifts. People try to get things that will make them happy, but it doesn’t happen. Olives and their oil mean good, and grapes and their juice mean truth. 3

What are the laws of Omri? Omri was one of the wickeder kings of Israel, and Ahab was the wickedest king of all. To follow them means desolation and reproach.

In some ways, this chapter is a lot like many others in the books of the prophets. And yet, for centuries it has stood out, because it contains one of the Word's most powerful, concise, statements of how we should live: "Do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with thy God."

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. See Arcana Coelestia 2895

2. See Heaven and Hell 365.

3. Regarding olives and olive oil, seeArcana Coelestia 986. For the signification of grapes their juice, Apocalypse Explained 918.

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Micah 6:9

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9 The LORD's voice crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.