Micah 6:1
Give ear now to the words of the Lord: Up! put forward your cause before the mountains, let your voice be sounding among the hills.
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Deuteronomy 32:1Give ear, O heavens, to my voice; let the earth take note of the words of my mouth:
Psalms 50:1A Psalm. Of Asaph. The God of gods, even the Lord, has sent out his voice, and the earth is full of fear; from the coming up of the sun to its going down.
Isaiah 1:2Give ear, O heavens, and you, O earth, to the word which the Lord has said: I have taken care of my children till they became men, but their hearts have been turned away from me.
Isaiah 3:13The Lord is ready to take up his cause against his people, and is about to come forward as their judge.
Jeremiah 22:29O earth, earth, earth, give ear to the word of the Lord!
Ezekiel 36:1And you, son of man, be a prophet about the mountains of Israel, and say, You mountains of Israel, give ear to the word of the 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 →