Berean Standard Bible
Micah 6:2
2Hear, O mountains, the LORD’s indictment, you enduring foundations of the earth. For the LORD has a case against His people, and He will argue it against Israel:
Micah 6:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)“Hear, you mountains, the Lord’s accusation; listen, you everlasting foundations of the earth. For the Lord has a case against his people; he is lodging a charge against Israel.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Hear, you mountains, the indictment of the Lord, and you enduring foundations of the earth, for the Lord has an indictment against his people, and he will contend with Israel.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Hear, O you mountains, the Lord’s complaint, And you strong foundations of the earth; For the Lord has a complaint against His people, And He will contend with Israel.
Context of Micah 6:2
1Hear now what the LORD says: “Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice. Hear, O mountains, the LORD’s indictment, you enduring foundations of the earth. For the LORD has a case against His people, and He will argue it against Israel: 3‘My people, what have I done to you? Testify against Me how I have wearied you! 4For I brought you up from the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery. I sent Moses before you, as well as Aaron and Miriam.
Read all of Micah 6Micah 6:2 word by word
שִׁמְע֤וּ הָרִים֙ אֶת־רִ֣יב יְהוָ֔ה וְהָאֵתָנִ֖ים מֹ֣סְדֵי אָ֑רֶץ כִּ֣י רִ֤יב לַֽיהוָה֙ עִם־עַמּ֔וֹ וְעִם־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל יִתְוַכָּֽח׃Read the interlinear
- Hearשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
- O mountainsהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
- the LORD’sיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- indictmentרִיבrîyb rib · strifeH7379
- ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
- you enduringאֵיתָן'êythân · strongH386
- foundationsמוֹסָדmôsâd · foundationH4144
- of the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- Forכִּיkîy · forH3588
- againstעִם‛im · withH5973
- His peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
- and He will argueיָכַחyâkach · to rebukeH3198
- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
Cross-references for Micah 6:2
- Deuteronomy 32:22For a fire has been kindled by My anger, and it burns to the depths of Sheol; it consumes the earth and its produce, and scorches the foundations of the mountains.
- 2 Samuel 22:8Then the earth shook and quaked; the foundations of the heavens trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.
- Psalms 104:5He set the earth on its foundations, never to be moved.
- Proverbs 8:29when He set a boundary for the sea, so that the waters would not surpass His command, when He marked out the foundations of the earth.
- Jeremiah 31:37This is what the LORD says: “Only if the heavens above could be measured and the foundations of the earth below searched out would I reject all of Israel’s descendants because of all they have done,” declares the LORD.
- Isaiah 1:18“Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.
- Isaiah 5:3“And now, O dwellers of Jerusalem and men of Judah, I exhort you to judge between Me and My vineyard.
- Isaiah 43:26Remind Me, let us argue the matter together. State your case, so that you may be vindicated.
- Jeremiah 2:9Therefore, I will contend with you again, declares the LORD, and I will bring a case against your children’s children.
- Jeremiah 25:31The tumult will resound to the ends of the earth because the LORD brings a charge against the nations. He brings judgment on all mankind and puts the wicked to the sword,’” declares the LORD.
- Ezekiel 20:35And I will bring you into the wilderness of the nations, where I will enter into judgment with you face to face.
- Hosea 4:1Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land!
- Hosea 12:2The LORD has a charge to bring against Judah. He will punish Jacob according to his ways and repay him according to his deeds.
Commentaries on Micah 6:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Hear ye, O mountains - Micah, as God's advocate, summons this people into judgment, and makes an appeal to inanimate creation against them. He had spoken to the priests, to the princes, to the people. He had done every thing that was necessary to make them wise, and holy, and happy; they had uniformly disobeyed, and were ever ungrateful. It was not consistent with either the justice or mercy of God to permit them to go on without reprehension and…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Hear, ye strong (or, it may be, ye enduring,) foundations of the earth - Mountains and rocks carry the soul to times far away, before and after. They change net, like the habitable, cultivated, surface of the earth. There they were, before the existence of our short-lived generations; there they will be, until time shall cease to be. They have witnessed so many vicissitudes of human things, themselves unchanging. The prophet is directed to seize this…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. 22. Lord's controversy--How great is Jehovah's condescension, who, though the supreme Lord of all, yet wishes to prove to worms of the earth the equity of His dealings (Is 5:3; 43:26).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
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