Micah 6:10

“Are there yet the treasures of wickedness the house of the wicked? etc.] There are; they continue there. This is the voice of the Lord by the prophet, and the language of the rod of correction to be heard, exposing the sins of the people, for which the Lord had a controversy with them; particularly their mammon of unrighteousness, the vast wealth, riches, and treasures, collected together by very wicked and unlawful ways and means; and which, instead of restoring them to the persons they had defrauded of them, they retained them in their houses, notwithstanding the reproofs of the prophets, and the corrections of the Almighty. Some render it, “is there not fire?” etc.f203; that is, in the…”

“Are there yet--notwithstanding all My warnings. Is there to be no end of acquiring treasures by wickedness? Jehovah is speaking (Mic 6:9). scant measure . . . abominable-- (Pro 11:1; Amo 8:5).”

“Are there yet - Still after all the warnings and long-suffering of God, “the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked?” “Treasures of wickedness” are treasures gotten by wickedness; yet it means too that he wicked shall have no treasure, no fruit, but his wickedness. He treasureth up treasures, but of wickedness; as James saith, “Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days” James 5:3, that is, of the miseries that shall come upon them James 1:0. The words stand over against one another; “house of the wicked, treasures of wickedness;” as though the whole house of the wicked was but a “treasure-house of wickedness.” Therein it began; therein and in its rewards it shall end.…”

“Yet - After so many express laws, and so many examples of punishment. Treasures - Gotten by injurious courses. Micah 6:11”

“6:10-12 The Lord had specific accusations against his people. They had become a community of deceit that was ripe for rejection and destruction. Falsely acquired wealth, unethical business practices, threats, and violence characterized this supposed people of God (see 2 Kgs 6:25; Hos 12:7-8; Amos 8:5-6). They could not change, because lying was their way of life (cp. Prov 6:16-19). Israel was completely corrupt.”

“Are: etc. or, Is there yet unto every man an house of the wicked, etc the treasures: Jos 7:1; Kg2 5:23, Kg2 5:24; Pro 10:2, Pro 21:6; Jer 5:26, Jer 5:27; Amo 3:10; Hab 2:5-11; Zep 1:9; Zac 5:3, Zac 5:4; Jam 5:1-4 and: Lev 19:35, Lev 19:36; Deu 25:13-16; Pro 11:1, Pro 20:10, Pro 20:23; Eze 45:9-12; Hos 12:7, Hos 12:8; Amo 8:5, Amo 8:6 scant measure: Heb. measure of leanness Micah 6:11”

“The threatening words commence in Mic 6:10; Mic 6:10-12 containing a condemnation of the prevailing sins. Mic 6:10. "Are there yet in the house of the unjust treasures of injustice, and the ephah of consumption, the cursed one? Mic 6:11. Can I be clean with the scale of injustice, and with a purse with stones of deceit? Mic 6:12. That their rich men are full of wickedness, and their inhabitants speak deceit, and their tongue is falseness in their mouth." The reproof is dressed up in the form of a question. In the question in Mic 6:10 the emphasis is laid upon the עוד, which stands for that very reason before the interrogative particle, as in Gen 19:12, the only other place in which this…”