Micah 6:2
Hear, O ye mountains, Jehovah`s controversy, and ye enduring foundations of the earth; for Jehovah hath a controversy with his people, and he will contend with Israel.
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In Context
3O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:22For a fire is kindled in mine anger, And burneth unto the lowest Sheol, And devoureth the earth with its increase, And setteth 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 Jehovah, 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 3:13Jehovah standeth up to contend, and standeth to judge the peoples.
Isaiah 43:26Put me in remembrance; let us plead together: set thou forth [thy cause], that thou mayest be justified.
Jeremiah 2:29Wherefore will ye contend with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith Jehovah.
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 →