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

Now listen to what the Lord is saying, “Stand up! Plead your case in front of the mountains, and let the hills listen to your request. 2Listen to the Lord’s lawsuit, you mountains. Listen, you strong foundations of the earth. The Lord has filed a lawsuit against his people. He is arguing his case against Israel. 3“My people, what have I done to you? How have I tried your patience? Answer me!

Micah 6:1 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Hearשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• ye now what the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• saithאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Ariseקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965
• contendרִיבrîyb rûb · to contendH7378
• thou before the mountainsהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• and let the hillsגִּבְעָהgib‛âh · hillH1389
• thy voiceקוֹלqôl qôl · voiceH6963

Cross-references for Micah 6:1

• Micah 1:2Listen, all you people! Pay attention, earth and all who are on it. The Almighty Lord will be a witness against you. The Lord will be a witness from his holy temple.
• 1 Samuel 15:16“Be quiet,” Samuel told Saul, “and let me tell you what the Lord told me last night.” “Speak,” Saul replied.
• Jeremiah 13:15Listen, and pay attention! Don’t be arrogant. The Lord has spoken.
• Amos 3:1Listen to this message which I, the Lord, have spoken against you Israelites, against your whole family that I brought out of Egypt.
• Hebrews 3:7As the Holy Spirit says, “If you hear God speak today, don’t be stubborn.
• Micah 6:2Listen to the Lord’s lawsuit, you mountains. Listen, you strong foundations of the earth. The Lord has filed a lawsuit against his people. He is arguing his case against Israel.
• Micah 6:3“My people, what have I done to you? How have I tried your patience? Answer me!
• Micah 6:6What should I bring when I come into the Lord’s presence, when I bow in front of the God of heaven? Should I bring him year-old calves as burnt offerings?
• Micah 6:7Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams or with endless streams of olive oil? Should I give him my firstborn child because of my rebellious acts? Should I give him my young child for my sin?
• Micah 6:8You mortals, the Lord has told you what is good. This is what the Lord requires from you: to do what is right, to love mercy, and to live humbly with your God.
• Deuteronomy 4:26you will quickly disappear from the land you’re going to possess on the other side of the Jordan River. You won’t live very long there. You’ll be completely wiped out.
• Deuteronomy 32:1Listen, heaven, and I will speak. Earth, hear the words from my mouth.
• Psalms 50:1The Lord, the only true God, has spoken. He has summoned the earth from where the sun rises to where it sets.
• Isaiah 1:2Listen, heaven, and pay attention, earth! The Lord has spoken, “I raised ⌞my⌟ children and helped them grow, but they have rebelled against me.
• Jeremiah 22:29O land, land, land! Listen to the Lord’s word.
• Ezekiel 36:1⌞The Lord said,⌟ “Son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel. Tell them, ‘Mountains of Israel, listen to the Lord’s word.

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