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

Listen to what the Lord says: “Get up! Defend yourself before the mountains! Present your case before the hills!” 2Hear the Lord’s accusation, you mountains, you enduring foundations of the earth! For the Lord has a case against his people; he has a dispute with Israel! 3“My people, how have I wronged you? How have I wearied you? 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 nations! Pay attention, all inhabitants of earth! The sovereign Lord will testify against you; the Lord will accuse you from his majestic palace.
• 1 Samuel 15:16Then Samuel said to Saul, “Wait a minute! Let me tell you what the Lord said to me last night.” Saul said to him, “Tell me.”
• Jeremiah 13:15Then I said to the people of Judah, “Listen and pay attention! Do not be arrogant! For the Lord has spoken.
• Amos 3:1Listen, you Israelites, to this message which the Lord is proclaiming against you! This message is for the entire clan I brought up from the land of Egypt:
• Hebrews 3:7Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, “Oh, that today you would listen as he speaks!
• Micah 6:2Hear the Lord’s accusation, you mountains, you enduring foundations of the earth! For the Lord has a case against his people; he has a dispute with Israel!
• Micah 6:3“My people, how have I wronged you? How have I wearied you? Answer me!
• Micah 6:6With what should I enter the Lord’s presence? With what should I bow before the sovereign God? Should I enter his presence with burnt offerings, with year-old calves?
• Micah 6:7Will the Lord accept a thousand rams, or ten thousand streams of olive oil? Should I give him my firstborn child as payment for my rebellion, my offspring – my own flesh and blood – for my sin?
• Micah 6:8He has told you, O man, what is good, and what the Lord really wants from you: He wants you to promote justice, to be faithful, and to live obediently before your God.
• Deuteronomy 4:26I invoke heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that you will surely and swiftly be removed from the very land you are about to cross the Jordan to possess. You will not last long there because you will surely be annihilated.
• Deuteronomy 32:1Listen, O heavens, and I will speak; hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
• Psalms 50:1El, God, the Lord speaks, and summons the earth to come from the east and west.
• Isaiah 1:2Listen, O heavens, pay attention, O earth! For the Lord speaks: “I raised children, I brought them up, but they have rebelled against me!
• Jeremiah 22:29O land of Judah, land of Judah, land of Judah! Listen to what the Lord has to say!
• Ezekiel 36:1“As for you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel, and say: ‘O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord!

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