Micah 6:1

Micah 6:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Hear ye now what the Lord saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.
• New International Version (NIV)Listen to what the Lord says: “Stand up, plead my case before the mountains; let the hills hear what you have to say.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Hear what the Lord says: Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Hear now what the Lord says: “Arise, plead your case before the mountains, And let the hills hear your voice.

Context of Micah 6:1

Hear ye now what Jehovah saith: Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice. 2Hear, O ye mountains, Jehovah’s controversy, and ye enduring foundations of the earth; for Jehovah hath a controversy with his people, and he will contend with Israel. 3O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.

Micah 6:1 word by word

שִׁמְעוּ־נָ֕א אֵ֥ת אֲשֶׁר־יְהוָ֖ה אֹמֵ֑ר ק֚וּם רִ֣יב אֶת־הֶהָרִ֔ים וְתִשְׁמַ֥עְנָה הַגְּבָע֖וֹת קוֹלֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear

• Hearשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• Ariseקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965
• contendרִיבrîyb rûb · to contendH7378
• mountainsהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• hillsגִּבְעָהgib‛âh · hillH1389
• voiceקוֹלqôl qôl · voiceH6963

Cross-references for Micah 6:1

• Micah 1:2Hear, ye peoples, all of you; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord Jehovah be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.
• 1 Samuel 15:16Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what Jehovah hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on.
• Jeremiah 13:15Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud; for Jehovah hath spoken.
• Amos 3:1Hear this word that Jehovah hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up out of the land of Egypt, saying,
• Hebrews 3:7Wherefore, even as the Holy Spirit saith, To-day if ye shall hear his voice,
• Micah 6:2Hear, O ye mountains, Jehovah’s controversy, and ye enduring foundations of the earth; for Jehovah hath a controversy with his people, and he will contend with Israel.
• Micah 6:3O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.
• Micah 6:6Wherewith shall I come before Jehovah, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt-offerings, with calves a year old?
• Micah 6:7will Jehovah be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my first-born for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
• Micah 6:8He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth Jehovah require of thee, but to do justly, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with thy God?
• Deuteronomy 4:26I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over the Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.
• Deuteronomy 32:1Give ear, ye heavens, and I will speak; And let the earth hear the words of my mouth.
• Psalms 50:1The Mighty One, God, Jehovah, 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 Jehovah hath spoken: I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.
• Jeremiah 22:29O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of Jehovah.
• Ezekiel 36:1And thou, son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel, and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of Jehovah.

Commentaries on Micah 6:1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Arise, contend thou - This chapter is a sort of dialogue between God and the people. God speaks the five first verses, and convicts the people of sin, righteousness, and judgment. The People, convinced of their iniquity, deprecate God's judgments, in the sixth and seventh verses. In the eighth verse God prescribes the way in which they are to be saved; and then the prophet, by the command of God, goes on to remonstrate from the ninth verse to the end of…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1Hear ye now what the Lord saith - If ye will not hear the rebuke of man, hear now at last the word of God. “Arise thou, Micah.” The prophet was not willing to be the herald of woe to his people; but had to arise at the bidding of God, that he might not “be rebellious like that rebellious house” Ezekiel 2:8. Stand up; as one having all authority to rebuke, and daunted by none. He muses the hearer, as shewing it to be a very grave urgent matter, to be done…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1God's controversy with Israel. (1-5) The duties God requires. (6-8) The wickedness of Israel. (9-16) Verses 1-5 The people are called upon to declare why they were weary of God's worship, and prone to idolatry. Sin causes the controversy between God and man. God reasons with us, to teach us to reason with ourselves. Let them remember God's many favours to them and their fathers, and compare with them their unworthy, ungrateful conduct toward him.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-2mountains … hills: All creation is called as a witness (see Joshua 24:27). In other ancient Near Eastern treaties, they called the gods of the countries as witnesses.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-161. contend thou--Israel is called by Jehovah to plead with Him in controversy. Mi 5:11-13 suggested the transition from those happy times described in the fourth and fifth chapters, to the prophet's own degenerate times and people. before the mountains--in their presence; personified as if witnesses (compare Mi 1:2; De 32:1; Is 1:2). Not as the Margin, "with"; as God's controversy is with Israel, not with them.Read the comment

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Commentaries on Micah 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings