Micah 6:1
Hear ye now what LORD says: Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.
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Deuteronomy 32:1Give ear, ye heavens, and I will speak, and let the earth hear the words of my mouth.
Psalms 50:1The Mighty One, God, LORD, has spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun to the going down thereof.
Isaiah 1:2Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for LORD has spoken. I have nourished and brought up sons, and they have rebelled against me.
Isaiah 3:13LORD stands up to contend, and stands to judge the peoples.
Jeremiah 22:29O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of LORD.
Ezekiel 36:1And thou, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel, and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of LORD.
Matthew Henry on Micah 6:1
After the precious promises in the two foregoing chapters, relating to the Messiah's kingdom, the prophet is here directed to set the sins of Israel in order before them, for their conviction and humiliation, as necessary to make way for the comfort of gospel-grace. Christ's forerunner was a reprover, and preached repentance, and so prepared his way. Here, I. God enters an action against his people for their base ingratitude, and the bad returns they had made him for his favours, ver. 1-5 . II. He shows the wrong… Read the whole commentary →