Micah 6:1 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹Hear ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.

Micah 6:1 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 22:29
O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD.
Deuteronomy 32:1
Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
Micah 1:2
Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord GOD be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.
Ezekiel 36:1
Also, thou son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel, and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD:
Psalms 50:4
He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.

Topics

Condescension of God

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-5)

Here, I. The prefaces to the message are very solemn and such as may engage our most serious attention. 1. The people are commanded to give audience: Hear you now what the Lord says. What the prophet speaks he speaks from God, and in his name; they are therefore bound to hear it, not as the word of a sinful dying man, but of the holy living God. Hear now what he saith, for, first or last, he will…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 1)

Mi 6:1-16. Appeal before All Creation to the Israelites to Testify, if They Can, if Jehovah Ever Did Aught but Acts of Kindness to Them from the Earliest Period: God Requires of Them Not So Much Sacrifices, as Real Piety and Justice: Their Impieties and Coming Punishment. 1. contend thou--Israel is called by Jehovah to plead with Him in controversy. Mi 5:11-13 suggested the transition from those h…