Micah 6:7 (ASV)

Passage

will Jehovah be pleased with thousands of rams, [or] with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my first-born for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

Nearby Context

Micah 6:5 O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him; [remember] from Shittim unto Gilgal, that ye may know the righteous acts of Jehovah.

Micah 6:6 Wherewith shall I come before Jehovah, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt-offerings, with calves a year old?

Micah 6:7 will Jehovah be pleased with thousands of rams, [or] with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my first-born for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

Micah 6:8 He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth Jehovah require of thee, but to do justly, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with thy God?

Micah 6:9 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.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "jehovah", "pleased", "thousands", "rams", "rivers", "shall", and "give". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "jehovah" and "pleased", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "Wherewith shall I come before Jehovah and..." into verse 8's "He hath showed thee O man what...", so "jehovah" and "pleased" belong inside that flow. In Micah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "jehovah" and "pleased" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.