Micah 6:1
Hear ye now what the LORD saith: Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.
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Deuteronomy 32:1Give ear, ye heavens, and I will speak; And let the earth hear the words of my mouth:
Psalms 50:1God, even God, the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.
Isaiah 1:2Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD hath spoken: I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.
Isaiah 3:13The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the peoples.
Jeremiah 22:29O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD.
Ezekiel 36:1And thou, son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel, and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear 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 →