Micah 6:9 (YLT)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

Micah 6:7 Is Jehovah pleased with thousands of rams? With myriads of streams of oil? Do I give my first-born <FI>for<Fi> my transgression? The fruit of my body <FI>for<Fi> the sin of my soul?

Micah 6:8 He hath declared to thee, O man, what <FI>is<Fi> good; Yea, what is Jehovah requiring of thee, Except--to do judgment, and love kindness, And lowly to walk with thy God?

Micah 6:9 A voice of Jehovah to the city calleth, And wisdom doth fear Thy name, Hear ye the rod, and Him who appointed it.

Micah 6:10 Are there yet <FI>in<Fi> the house of the wicked Treasures of wickedness, And the abhorred scanty ephah?

Micah 6:11 Do I reckon <FI>it<Fi> pure with balances of wickedness? And with a bag of deceitful stones?

Study Lenses

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

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