Micah 6:9
“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.”
Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
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.
Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?
Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
Counter-Arguments
The strongest case that this verse does not belong in this theme.
Cross-References
“For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.”
“And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.”
“The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.”
“Who among you will give ear to this? who will hearken and hear for the time to come?”
“Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord, and teachest him out of thy law;”