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Whose Statutes Do You Keep?
Commentators highlight the central charge: the people diligently kept the wicked "statutes" of human kings like Omri and Ahab while ignoring God's commands. This was a deliberate choice of allegiance. Scholars like Calvin note that people often justify following ungodly traditions by appealing to human authority or wisdom, but God demands exclusive loyalty to His Word.
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Albert Barnes
On Micah 6:16
18th Century
Theologian
For the statutes of Omri are kept - Rather (as the English margin notes, 'he does much keep'), he diligently keeps them for himself. Both in…
Charles Ellicott
On Micah 6:16
19th Century
Bishop
The statutes of Omri. —The people of Judah, instead of keeping the commandments of the Lord diligently, adopted the statutes of th…
Charles Spurgeon
On Micah 6:16
19th Century
Preacher
For the statutes of Omri are kept,
They would not keep the statutes of God; but they could keep the foul statutes of Omri, which app…
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John Calvin
On Micah 6:16
16th Century
Theologian
Some read the words in the future tense, “And they will observe the statutes of Omri,” and so forth, and gather this meaning—that the Prophet, by t…
John Gill
On Micah 6:16
17th Century
Pastor
For the statutes of Omri are kept Who of a captain of the army was made king of Israel, and proved a wicked prince; he bu…
Matthew Henry
On Micah 6:9–16
17th Century
Minister
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 …