1Hear ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.
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O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD.
Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
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.
Also, thou son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel, and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD:
He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.
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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…
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