Micah 6:9 “The voice of the LORD calls out to the city (and it is sound wisdom to…”

Micah 6:9

The voice of the LORD calls out to the city (and it is sound wisdom to fear Your name): “Heed the rod and the One who ordained it.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

The LORD’s voice calls to the city— and wisdom fears your name— “Listen to the rod, and he who appointed it.

American Standard Version

The voice of Jehovah crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom will see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.

Geneva Bible 1599

The Lordes voyce cryeth vnto the citie, and the man of wisedome shall see thy name: Heare the rodde, and who hath appoynted it.

Darby Translation

Jehovah's voice crieth unto the city, and wisdom looketh on thy name. Hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.

Young's Literal Translation

A voice of Jehovah to the city calleth, And wisdom doth fear Thy name, Hear ye the rod, and Him who appointed it.

Bible in Basic English

The voice of the Lord is crying out to the town: Give ear, you tribes and the meeting of the town.

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Cross references

“Lord's”

Zephaniah 3:2 Micah 3:12 Isaiah 24:10–12 Isaiah 27:10 Isaiah 40:6–8 Isaiah 66:6

Zephaniah 3:2 · BSB

She heeded no voice; she accepted no correction. She does not trust in the LORD; she has not drawn near to her God.

Micah 3:12 · BSB

Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.

Isaiah 24:10–12 · BSB

The city of chaos is shattered; every house is closed to entry.

Isaiah 27:10 · BSB

For the fortified city lies deserted— a homestead abandoned, a wilderness forsaken. There the calves graze, and there they lie down; they strip its branches bare.

Isaiah 40:6–8 · BSB

A voice says, “Cry out!” And I asked, “What should I cry out?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field.

Isaiah 66:6 · BSB

Hear the uproar from the city; listen to the voice from the temple! It is the voice of the LORD, repaying His enemies what they deserve!

“and”

Hosea 14:9 2 Kings 22:11–20 Psalm 107:43 Proverbs 22:3 Isaiah 26:11

Hosea 14:9 · BSB

Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right, and the righteous walk in them but the rebellious stumble in them.

2 Kings 22:11–20 · BSB

When the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, he tore his clothes

Psalm 107:43 · BSB

Let him who is wise pay heed to these things and consider the loving devotion of the LORD.

Proverbs 22:3 · BSB

The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences.

Isaiah 26:11 · BSB

O LORD, Your hand is upraised, but they do not see it. They will see Your zeal for Your people and be put to shame. The fire set for Your enemies will consume them!

“the man of wisdom shall see thy name”

Isaiah 30:27 Exodus 34:5–7 Psalm 9:16 Psalm 48:10 Psalm 83:18

Isaiah 30:27 · BSB

Behold, the Name of the LORD comes from afar, with burning anger and dense smoke. His lips are full of fury, and His tongue is like a consuming fire.

Exodus 34:5–7 · BSB

And the LORD descended in a cloud, stood with him there, and proclaimed His name, the LORD.

Psalm 9:16 · BSB

The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah

Psalm 48:10 · BSB

Your name, O God, like Your praise, reaches to the ends of the earth; Your right hand is full of righteousness.

Psalm 83:18 · BSB

May they know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, are Most High over all the earth.

“hear”

Revelation 3:19 2 Samuel 21:1 Job 5:6–8 Job 5:17 Job 10:2 Isaiah 9:13

Revelation 3:19 · BSB

Those I love I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.

2 Samuel 21:1 · BSB

During the reign of David there was a famine for three successive years, and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, “It is because of the blood shed by Saul and his family, because he killed the Gibeonites…

Job 5:6–8 · BSB

For distress does not spring from the dust, and trouble does not sprout from the ground.

Job 5:17 · BSB

Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.

Job 10:2 · BSB

I will say to God: Do not condemn me! Let me know why You prosecute me.

Isaiah 9:13 · BSB

But the people did not return to Him who struck them; they did not seek the LORD of Hosts.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

8He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

10Can I forget any longer, O house of the wicked, the treasures of wickedness and the short ephah, which is accursed?

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