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Micah 6:2
2Listen, you mountains. Hear this, you strong places that have always been there deep in the earth. The Lord has a quarrel with Israel's people. Hear the reasons why the Lord is angry with you, his people.’
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
1Now listen to what the Lord says: ‘Stand up! Explain in front of the mountains what I want to say. Speak loud so that the hills can hear your voice. Listen, you mountains. Hear this, you strong places that have always been there deep in the earth. The Lord has a quarrel with Israel's people. Hear the reasons why the Lord is angry with you, his people.’ 3‘My people, what bad thing have I done to you?’ God asks. ‘How have I made you tired of me? Answer me. 4I brought you out of Egypt. You were slaves in that country, but I made you free people. I sent Moses to lead you, and Aaron and Miriam with him.
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
Words taken from the KJV.
- Hearשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
- ye, O mountainsהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
- the Lord’sיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- controversyרִיבrîyb rib · strifeH7379
- and ye strongאֵיתָן'êythân · strongH386
- foundationsמוֹסָדָהmôsâdâh môsâdâh · foundationH4146
- of the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- with his peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
- and he will pleadיָכַחyâkach · to rebukeH3198
- with Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
Cross-references for Micah 6:2
- Deuteronomy 32:22I will become so angry that I punish them very much. I will destroy them like a hot fire. It will be like a fire that reaches deep down into the place of dead people. It will destroy the ground and everything that grows on it. It will burn deep down to the foundations of the mountains.
- 2 Samuel 22:8Then the earth moved and it shook. Even the sky shook, because God was angry.
- Psalms 104:5You, Lord, built the earth on its strong foundations. Nothing will ever shake it from its place.
- Proverbs 8:29He gave his command to the seas, that they should obey him. The waters of the sea must stay inside its borders. I was there when he built the foundations of the earth.
- Jeremiah 31:37The Lord says, ‘Nobody can measure the size of the sky. Nobody can dig down to the bottom of the earth's foundations. In the same way, I can never turn away from all Israel's people. I will not leave them, even though they have done wicked things.’ That is what the Lord says.
- Isaiah 1:18The Lord says, ‘Please come, so that we talk about this together. Even if your sins are like a red stain, they will become as white as snow. Even if they are bright red, they will become like white wool.
- Isaiah 5:3So now, listen to me, you people who live in Jerusalem and in Judah. You must be the judge! Who did what was right? Was it me or my vineyard? You decide!
- Isaiah 43:26So let us talk together about what has happened. Show me why you think that you are right!
- Jeremiah 2:9So the Lord says this: ‘Because of your sins, I will speak against you in court. I will show that you are guilty, as well as your children and your grandchildren.
- Jeremiah 25:31People everywhere will hear his message. The Lord will accuse the nations of their sins, and he will judge all the people on the earth. He will send war to kill all the wicked people.” That is what the Lord says.
- Ezekiel 20:35I will bring you to a wilderness with other nations all around it. I will meet with you there and I will show that you are guilty.
- Hosea 4:1Israelites, listen to the Lord's message! The Lord accuses the people who live in Israel of these bad things: ‘Nobody in the land of Israel is faithful. They have no true love. They do not want to know God.
- Hosea 12:2The Lord is ready to accuse Judah's people in a court of law. He will punish Jacob's descendants for the bad way that they live. He will punish them as their sins deserve.
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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