Micah 6:1
Hear ye now what the Lord saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.
Micah 6:1 in other translations
| BSB | Hear now what the LORD says: “Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice. |
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| WEB | Listen now to what the LORD says: “Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear what you have to say. |
| ASV | Hear ye now what Jehovah saith: Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice. |
| YLT | Hear, I pray you, that which Jehovah is saying: ‘Rise--strive thou with the mountains, And cause thou the hills to hear thy voice.' |
| DARBY | Hear ye now what Jehovah saith: Arise, contend before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice. |
| BBE | Give ear now to the words of the Lord: Up! put forward your cause before the mountains, let your voice be sounding among the hills. |
| Webster | Hear ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice. |
What does Micah 6:1 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
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 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.Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Introduction
This chapter reproves and threatens. The manner of raising the attention by calling on man to urge his plea in the face of all nature, and on the inanimate creation to hear the expostulation of Jehovah with his people, is awakening and sublime. The words of Jehovah follow, Mic 6:3-5. And God's mercies hawing been set forth to his people, one of them is introduced, in a beautiful dramatic form, asking what his duty is towards a God so gracious, Mic 6:6, Mic 6:7. The answer follows in the words of the prophet, Mic 6:8; who goes on to upbraid the people of his charge with their injustice and idolatry, to which he ascribes want of success in their lawful undertakings, and those heave calamities which are now impending, Mic 6:9-15. Verse 1 Arise, 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 the chapter.Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Micah 6:1-5
Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain
Micah 6:1 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Micah 6:1
- 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.
- Deuteronomy 4:26
I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.
- Isaiah 1:2
Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the Lord hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.
- Ezekiel 36:8
But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my people of Israel; for they are at hand to come.
- Psalms 50:1
A Psalm of Asaph. The mighty God, even the Lord, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.
- Luke 19:40
And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.
- Micah 1:4
And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place.
- Ezekiel 37:4
Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the Lord.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
6 for ignorance,
10 for injustice;
16 and for idolatry.
ye.
1:2; 1Sa 15:16; Jer 13:15; Am 3:1; Heb 3:7,8
Arise.The manner of raising attention, says Abp. Newcome, in ver. 1, 2, by calling a man to urge his plea in the face of all nature, and on the inanimate creation to hear the expostulation of Jehovah with his people, is truly awakening and magnificent. The words of Jehovah follow in ver. 3-5; and God's mercies having been set before the people, one of them is introduced in a beautiful manner, asking what his duty is towards so gracious a God, ver. 6, 7. The answer follows in the words of the prophet, ver. 8.
contend.
De 4:26; 32:1; Ps 50:1,4; Isa 1:2; Jer 22:29; Eze 36:1,8; Lu 19:40
before. or, with.
1:4; Isa 2:12-14
let.
Eze 37:4
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Context
- Micah 6:1
Hear ye now what the Lord saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.
- Micah 6:2
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.
Micah 6:1 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | OID ahora lo que dice Jehová: Levántate, pleitea con los montes, y oigan los collados tu voz. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | *Écoutez, je vous prie, ce que dit l’ Éternel: Lève-toi, plaide devant les montagnes, et que les collines entendent ta voix! |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Höret doch, was Jehova sagt: Mache dich auf, rechte vor den Bergen und laß die Hügel deine Stimme hören! |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Audite quæ Dominus loquitur: Surge, contende judicio adversum montes, et audiant colles vocem tuam. |