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Micah 6:2

Hear, O ye mountains, LORD's controversy, and ye enduring foundations of the earth, for LORD has a controversy with his people, and he will contend with Israel.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

Hear ye, O mountains, the LORD’S controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the LORD hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel.

In Context

1Hear ye now what LORD says: Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.

3O my people, what have I done to thee? And in what have I wearied thee? Testify against me.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:22For a fire is kindled in my anger, and burns to the lowest Sheol, and devours the earth with its increase, and sets on fire the foundations of the mountains.

2 Samuel 22:16Then the channels of the sea appeared. The foundations of the world were laid bare by the rebuke of LORD, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.

Proverbs 8:29when he gave to the sea its bound that the waters should not transgress his commandment, when he marked out the foundations of the earth,

Isaiah 3:13LORD stands up to contend, and stands to judge the peoples.

Isaiah 43:26Put me in remembrance. Let us plead together. Set thou forth [thy case] that thou may be justified.

Jeremiah 2:29Why will ye contend with me? Ye have all transgressed against me, says LORD.

Matthew Henry on Micah 6:2-6

God's Expostulations with His People. ( b. c. 710.) 1 Hear ye now what the Lord saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice. 2 Hear ye, O mountains, the Lord 's controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the Lord hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel. 3 O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me. 4 For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of… Read the whole commentary →

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