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Micah 6:1

Hear, I pray you, what, Yahweh, is saying,—arise thou, maintain thy controversy before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice:—

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 mountains, the controversy of Yahweh, and ye lasting rocks, the foundations of the earth,—for, a controversy, hath Yahweh, with his people, and, with Israel, will he dispute.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:1Give ear O ye heavens and I will speak, And let the earth hear the sayings of my mouth:

Psalms 50:1El, Elohim, Yahweh, hath spoken, and culled the earth, From the rising of the sun, unto the going in thereof:

Isaiah 1:2Hear O heavens, And give ear, O earth, for Yahweh, hath spoken:—Sons, have I brought up, and advanced, And, they, have rebelled against me.

Isaiah 3:13Yahweh hath taken his station to plead,—And is standing to judge peoples:

Jeremiah 22:29O land, land, land! Hear thou the word of Yahweh!

Ezekiel 36:1Thou therefore. Son of man, Prophesy unto the mountains of Israel,—and thou shalt say, Ye mountains of Israel Hear ye the word of Yahweh.

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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