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Selected Verse: Micah 6:1 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Mic 6:1 |
Strong Concordance |
Hear [08085] ye now what the LORD [03068] saith [0559]; Arise [06965], contend [07378] thou before the mountains [02022], and let the hills [01389] hear [08085] thy voice [06963]. |
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King James |
Hear ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
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. (Mic. 6:1-16)
contend thou--Israel is called by Jehovah to pie ad with Him in controversy. Mic 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 Mic 1:2; Deu 32:1; Isa 1:2). Not as the Margin, "with"; as God's controversy is with Israel, not with them. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Hear 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" Eze 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 promptly, urgently, without delay. "Contend thou before (better, as in the English margin with) the mountains." Since man, who had reason, would not use his reason, God calls the mountains and hills, who Rom 8:20 unwillingly, as it were, had been the scenes of their idolatry, as if he would say (Lap.), "Insensate though ye be, ye are more sensible than Israel, whom I endowed with sense; for ye feel the voice and command of God your Creator and obey Him; they do not. I cite you, to represent your guilty inhabitants, that, through you, they may hear My complaint to be just, and own themselves guilty, repent, and ask forgiveness." "The altars and idols, the blood of the sacrifices, the bones and ashes upon them, with unuttered yet clear voice, spoke of the idolatry and guilt of the Jews, and so pronounced God's charge and expostulation to be just. Ezekiel is bidden, in like way, to prophesy against "the mountains of Israel Eze 6:2-5, "I will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places, and your altars shall be desolate." : "Lifeless nature without voice tells the glory of God; without ears it hears what the Lord speaks." Psa 19:3; Luk 19:40. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| Introduction. - Announcement of the lawsuit which the Lord will have with His people. - Mic 6:1. "Hear ye, then, what Jehovah saith; Rise up, contend with the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice! Mic 6:2. Hear ye, O mountains, Jehovah's contest; and ye immutable ones, ye foundations of the earth! For Jehovah has a contest with His people; and with Israel will He contend." In Mic 6:1 the nation of Israel is addressed in its several members. They are to hear what the Lord says to the prophet, - namely, the summons addressed to the mountains and hills to hear Jehovah's contest with His people. The words "strive with the mountains" cannot be understood here as signifying that the mountains are the objects of the accusation, notwithstanding the fact that ריב את־פ signifies to strive or quarrel with a person (Jdg 8:1; Isa 50:8; Jer 2:9); for, according to Mic 6:2, they are to hear the contest of Jehovah with Israel, and therefore are to be merely witnesses on the occasion. Consequently את can only express the idea of fellowship here, and ריב את must be distinguished from ריב עם in Mic 6:2 and Hos 4:1, etc. The mountains and hills are to hearken to the contest (as in Deu 32:1 and Isa 1:2), as witnesses, "who have seen what the Lord has done for Israel throughout the course of ages, and how Israel has rewarded Him for it all" (Caspari), to bear witness on behalf of the Lord, and against Israel. Accordingly the mountains are called האתנים, the constantly enduring, immutable ones, which have been spectators from time immemorial, and מוסדי ארץ, foundations of the earth, as being subject to no change on account of their strength and firmness. In this respect they are often called "the everlasting mountains" (e.g., Gen 49:26; Deu 33:15; Psa 90:2; Hab 3:6). Israel is called ̀‛ammı̄ (Jehovah's people) with intentional emphasis, not only to indicate the right of Jehovah to contend with it, but to sharpen its own conscience, by pointing to its calling. Hithvakkach, like hivvâkhach in the niphal in Isa 1:18. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Arise - This is God's command to Micah. Contend thou - Argue the case between God and thy people; and speak as if thou wouldst make the mountains hear thee, to testify for me. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| 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. |
2 Hear [08085], O heavens [08064], and give ear [0238], O earth [0776]: for the LORD [03068] hath spoken [01696], I have nourished [01431] and brought up [07311] children [01121], and they have rebelled [06586] against me.
1 Give ear [0238], O ye heavens [08064], and I will speak [01696]; and hear [08085], O earth [0776], the words [0561] of my mouth [06310].
2 Hear [08085], all ye people [05971]; hearken [07181], O earth [0776], and all that therein [04393] is: and let the Lord [0136] GOD [03069] be witness [05707] against you, the Lord [0136] from his holy [06944] temple [01964].
11 And I will cut off [03772] the cities [06145] [05892] of thy land [0776], and throw down [02040] all thy strong holds [04013]:
12 And I will cut off [03772] witchcrafts [03785] out of thine hand [03027]; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers [06049]:
13 Thy graven images [06456] also will I cut off [03772], and thy standing images [04676] out of the midst [07130] of thee; and thou shalt no more worship [07812] the work [04639] of thine hands [03027].
40 And [2532] he answered [611] and said [2036] unto them [846], I tell [3004] you [5213] that [3754], if [1437] these [3778] should hold their peace [4623], the stones [3037] would immediately cry out [2896].
3 There is no speech [0562] nor language [01697], where their voice [06963] is not heard [08085].
2 Son [01121] of man [0120], set [07760] thy face [06440] toward the mountains [02022] of Israel [03478], and prophesy [05012] against them,
3 And say [0559], Ye mountains [02022] of Israel [03478], hear [08085] the word [01697] of the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]; Thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069] to the mountains [02022], and to the hills [01389], to the rivers [0650], and to the valleys [01516]; Behold, I, even I, will bring [0935] a sword [02719] upon you, and I will destroy [06] your high places [01116].
4 And your altars [04196] shall be desolate [08074], and your images [02553] shall be broken [07665]: and I will cast down [05307] your slain [02491] men before [06440] your idols [01544].
5 And I will lay [05414] the dead carcases [06297] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478] before [06440] their idols [01544]; and I will scatter [02219] your bones [06106] round about [05439] your altars [04196].
20 For [1063] the creature [2937] was made subject [5293] to vanity [3153], not [3756] willingly [1635], but [235] by reason [1223] of him who hath subjected [5293] the same in [1909] hope [1680],
8 But thou, son [01121] of man [0120], hear [08085] what I say [01696] unto thee; Be not [01961] thou rebellious [04805] like that rebellious [04805] house [01004]: open [06475] thy mouth [06310], and eat [0398] that I give [05414] thee.
18 Come now [03212], and let us reason together [03198], saith [0559] the LORD [03068]: though your sins [02399] be as scarlet [08144], they shall be as white [03835] as snow [07950]; though they be red [0119] like crimson [08438], they shall be as wool [06785].
6 He stood [05975], and measured [04128] the earth [0776]: he beheld [07200], and drove asunder [05425] the nations [01471]; and the everlasting [05703] mountains [02042] were scattered [06327], the perpetual [05769] hills [01389] did bow [07817]: his ways [01979] are everlasting [05769].
2 Before the mountains [02022] were brought forth [03205], or ever thou hadst formed [02342] the earth [0776] and the world [08398], even from everlasting [05769] to [05704] everlasting [05769], thou art God [0410].
15 And for the chief things [07218] of the ancient [06924] mountains [02042], and for the precious things [04022] of the lasting [05769] hills [01389],
26 The blessings [01293] of thy father [01] have prevailed [01396] above the blessings [01293] of my progenitors [02029] unto the utmost bound [08379] of the everlasting [05769] hills [01389]: they shall be on the head [07218] of Joseph [03130], and on the crown of the head [06936] of him that was separate [05139] from his brethren [0251].
2 Hear [08085], O heavens [08064], and give ear [0238], O earth [0776]: for the LORD [03068] hath spoken [01696], I have nourished [01431] and brought up [07311] children [01121], and they have rebelled [06586] against me.
1 Give ear [0238], O ye heavens [08064], and I will speak [01696]; and hear [08085], O earth [0776], the words [0561] of my mouth [06310].
1 Hear [08085] the word [01697] of the LORD [03068], ye children [01121] of Israel [03478]: for the LORD [03068] hath a controversy [07379] with the inhabitants [03427] of the land [0776], because there is no truth [0571], nor mercy [02617], nor knowledge [01847] of God [0430] in the land [0776].
2 Hear [08085] ye, O mountains [02022], the LORD'S [03068] controversy [07379], and ye strong [0386] foundations [04146] of the earth [0776]: for the LORD [03068] hath a controversy [07379] with his people [05971], and he will plead [03198] with Israel [03478].
2 Hear [08085] ye, O mountains [02022], the LORD'S [03068] controversy [07379], and ye strong [0386] foundations [04146] of the earth [0776]: for the LORD [03068] hath a controversy [07379] with his people [05971], and he will plead [03198] with Israel [03478].
9 Wherefore I will yet plead [07378] with you, saith [05002] the LORD [03068], and with your children's [01121] children [01121] will I plead [07378].
8 He is near [07138] that justifieth [06663] me; who will contend [07378] with me? let us stand [05975] together [03162]: who is mine adversary [01167] [04941]? let him come near [05066] to me.
1 And the men [0376] of Ephraim [0669] said [0559] unto him, Why hast thou [04100] served [06213] us thus [01697], that thou calledst [07121] us not, when thou wentest [01980] to fight [03898] with the Midianites [04080]? And they did chide [07378] with him sharply [02394].
1 Hear [08085] ye now what the LORD [03068] saith [0559]; Arise [06965], contend [07378] thou before the mountains [02022], and let the hills [01389] hear [08085] thy voice [06963].
2 Hear [08085] ye, O mountains [02022], the LORD'S [03068] controversy [07379], and ye strong [0386] foundations [04146] of the earth [0776]: for the LORD [03068] hath a controversy [07379] with his people [05971], and he will plead [03198] with Israel [03478].
1 Hear [08085] ye now what the LORD [03068] saith [0559]; Arise [06965], contend [07378] thou before the mountains [02022], and let the hills [01389] hear [08085] thy voice [06963].