Micah 6:2

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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)And now, O mountains, listen to the Lord’s complaint! He has a case against his people. He will bring charges against Israel.

Context of Micah 6:2

1Listen to what the Lord says: “Stand up, plead my case before the mountains; let the hills hear what you have to say. “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. 3“My people, what have I done to you? How have I burdened you? Answer me. 4I brought you up out of Egypt and redeemed you from the land of slavery. I sent Moses to lead you, also Aaron and Miriam.

Micah 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 32:22For a fire will be kindled by my wrath, one that burns down to the realm of the dead below. It will devour the earth and its harvests and set afire the foundations of the mountains.
• 2 Samuel 22:8The earth trembled and quaked, the foundations of the heavens shook; they trembled because he was angry.
• Psalms 104:5He set the earth on its foundations; it can never be moved.
• Proverbs 8:29when he gave the sea its boundary so the waters would not overstep his command, and when he marked out the foundations of the earth.
• Jeremiah 31:37This is what the Lord says: “Only if the heavens above can be measured and the foundations of the earth below be searched out will I reject all the descendants of Israel because of all they have done,” declares the Lord.
• Isaiah 1:18“Come now, let us settle the matter,” says the Lord. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.
• Isaiah 5:3“Now you dwellers in Jerusalem and people of Judah, judge between me and my vineyard.
• Isaiah 43:26Review the past for me, let us argue the matter together; state the case for your innocence.
• Jeremiah 2:9“Therefore I bring charges against you again,” declares the Lord. “And I will bring charges against your children’s children.
• Jeremiah 25:31The tumult will resound to the ends of the earth, for the Lord will bring charges against the nations; he will bring judgment on all mankind and put the wicked to the sword,’ ” declares the Lord.
• Ezekiel 20:35I will bring you into the wilderness of the nations and there, face to face, I will execute judgment upon you.
• Hosea 4:1Hear the word of the Lord, you Israelites, because the Lord has a charge to bring against you who live in the land: “There is no faithfulness, no love, no acknowledgment 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

Topics related to Micah 6:2

• Condescension of God
• Reasoning

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• Israel
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• Controversy
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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