Micah 6:2
Hear ye, O mountains, the controversy of the Lord, and ye strong foundations of the earth! for the Lord hath a controversy with his people, and with Israel will he plead.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
3O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherewith have I wearied thee? testify against me.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:22For a fire is kindled in my anger, and it burneth unto the lowest deep; and it consumeth the earth with her products, and it setteth on fire the foundations of the mountains.
2 Samuel 22:16And then were seen the channels of the sea, there were laid open the foundations of the world; at the rebuke of the Lord, through the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
Proverbs 8:29When he assigned to the sea his decree, that the waters should not transgress his order: when he established firmly the foundations of the earth:
Isaiah 3:13The Lord is stepped forth to plead, and standeth up to judge the people.
Isaiah 43:26Put me in remembrance; let us plead together: relate thou, in order that thou mayest be justified.
Jeremiah 2:29Wherefore will ye contend with me? all of you 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 →