Micah 6:1
Listen now to what the LORD says: “Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear what you have to say.
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Deuteronomy 32:1Give ear, you heavens, and I will speak. Let the earth hear the words of my mouth.
Psalms 50:1The Mighty One, God, the LORD, speaks, and calls the earth from sunrise to sunset.
Isaiah 1:2Hear, heavens, and listen, earth; for the LORD has spoken: “I have nourished and brought up children and they have rebelled against me.
Isaiah 3:13The LORD stands up to contend, and stands to judge the peoples.
Jeremiah 22:29O earth, earth, earth, hear the LORD’s word!
Ezekiel 36:1You, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel, and say, “You mountains of Israel, hear the LORD’s word.
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 →