Micah 6:3

My people, what have I done to cause trouble for you [RHQ]? What have I done to cause you to experience difficulties? Answer me!

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.

In Context

2But then you mountains must also listen carefully [DOU] to what I, Yahweh, am complaining about my people. I have something to say about what [DOU] my Israeli people are doing that displeases me.

4I did great things for your ancestors; I brought them out of Egypt; I rescued them from that land where they were slaves. I sent Moses to lead them, and his older brother Aaron and his older sister Miriam.

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Cross References

Psalms 51:4You, you only, are the one that I have really sinned against, and you have seen the evil things that I have done. When you say that I am guilty, you are right/correct, and when you judge me, you justly say that I deserve to be punished.

Psalms 81:13I wish that my people would listen to me, that the Israeli people would behave as I want them to do.

Isaiah 43:23You have not brought to me sheep or goats for offerings that will be completely burned on the altar; you have not honored me by bringing to me any sacrifices, even though the offerings of grain and incense that I asked you to bring to me were not a burden to you.

Jeremiah 2:31You people of Israel, pay attention to what I say. I have certainly [RHQ] never abandoned you in a desert; I have never left you in a land full of darkness. So, why do you, my people, say ‘We are free from God’s control; we will not return to worship God any more’?

Romans 3:4I would reply, “No, it certainly does not mean that! God always does what he has promised, even though people do not. All those who accuse God of not keeping his promises to us Jews are very mistaken.” What King David wrote about God’s justly saying that he would punish him for his sins is also true of those who accuse God of not keeping his promises. What he said to God was, “So everyone must acknowledge that what you (sg) have said about them (OR, their sin) is true, and you will always win the case when you are accused {when people accuse you}.”

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 →

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