Micah 6:2
Hear, O ye mountains, the LORD'S controversy, and ye enduring rocks, the foundations of the earth; for the LORD hath a controversy with His people, and He will plead with Israel.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
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 My nostril, and burneth unto the depths of the nether-world, and devoureth the earth with her produce, and setteth ablaze the foundations of the mountains.
2 Samuel 22:16And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were laid bare by the rebuke of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of His nostrils.
Proverbs 8:29When He gave to the sea His decree, that the waters should not transgress His commandment, when He appointed the foundations of the earth;
Isaiah 3:13The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the peoples.
Isaiah 43:26Put Me in remembrance, let us plead together; declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.
Jeremiah 2:29Wherefore will ye contend with Me? Ye all have transgressed against Me, saith the 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 →