Micah 6:1

Hear now a word: the Lord God has said; Arise, plead with the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Hear ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.

In Context

2Hear ye, O mountains, the controversy of the Lord, and ye valleys even the foundations of the earth: for the Lord has a controversy with his people, and will plead with Israel.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:1Attend, O heaven, and I will speak; 1 And let the earth hear the words out of my mouth. 1

Psalms 50:1For the end, a Psalm of David,

Isaiah 1:2Hear, O heaven, and hearken, O earth: for the Lord has spoken, saying, I have begotten and reared up children, but they have rebelled against me.

Isaiah 3:13But now the Lord will stand up for judgment, and will enter into judgment with his people.

Jeremiah 22:29Land, land, hear the word of the Lord.

Ezekiel 36:1And thou, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel, and say to the mountains of Israel, Hear ye 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 →

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