Micah 6:9 (DBY)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

Micah 6:7 Will Jehovah take pleasure in thousands of rams, in 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?

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

Micah 6:9 Jehovah's voice crieth unto the city, and wisdom looketh on thy name. Hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.

Micah 6:10 Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure [which is] abominable?

Micah 6:11 Shall I be pure with the unjust balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "jehovah's", "voice", "crieth", "city", "wisdom", "looketh", "name", and "hear". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "jehovah's" and "voice", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "He hath shewn thee O man what..." into verse 10's "Are there yet treasures of wickedness in...", so "jehovah's" and "voice" 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's" and "voice" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.