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Micah 6:16 Cross-References
Explore 20 cross-references for Micah 6:16 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Micah chapter 6 verse 16 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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. For the: or, For he doth much keep the, etc desolation: or, astonishment”
Micah 6:16 (KJV)
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Commentary on Micah 6:16
For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels. God identifies the root cause: emulating wicked kings. "The statutes of Omri" (חֻקּוֹת עָמְרִי, chukkot Omri) refers to policies established by King Omri (885-874 BC), who "wrought evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did worse than all that were before him" (1 Kings 16:25). His son Ahab married Jezebel, importing Baal worship and murdering Naboth for his vineyard (1 Kings 21). "The works of the house of Ahab" (מַעֲשֵׂה בֵית־אַחְאָב, ma'aseh beit-Ach'av) include idolatry, injustice, and viole...
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Cross-References for Micah 6:16
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“because we have heard reproach; confusion has covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of Yahweh's house.”
“a scoffing and a derision to those who are around us.”
“and dealt wickedly above all who were before him.”
“for Yahweh has spoken it.”
“but walked in [their own] counsels [and] in the stubbornness of their evil heart”
“who did sell himself to do that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh”
“and a hissing; everyone who passes thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues of it.”
“they have burned incense to false [gods]; and they have been made to stumble in their ways”
“Have you seen [this]”
“yet shall everyone who passes by it be astonished”