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For the rich men thereof - that is, of the city (Micah 6:9)—they are full of violence. It would have been litt…

The rich men of this place — that is, of the city. The sins of exploitation and fraud were practiced by men who had not e…

They were, I suppose, very much like certain merchants one might still encounter today; you cannot trade with them without needing more than two ey…

The Prophet means that the people were so given to greed and plunder that all the riches they had amassed had been acquired through wicked robberie…

For the rich men thereof are full of violence That is, the rich men of the city, to whom the voice of the Lord cried, ([R…

God, having shown how necessary it was that they should do justly, here shows how plain it was that they had done unjustly. This voice of the Lord …
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes