Micah 6:1 “Hear now what the LORD says: “Arise, plead your case before the mounta…”

Micah 6:1

Hear now what the LORD says: “Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Listen now to what the LORD says: “Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear what you have to say.

American Standard Version

Hear ye now what Jehovah saith: Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.

Geneva Bible 1599

Hearken ye nowe what the Lord sayth, Arise thou, and contende before the mountaines, and let the hilles heare thy voyce.

Darby Translation

Hear ye now what Jehovah saith: Arise, contend before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.

Young's Literal Translation

Hear, I pray you, that which Jehovah is saying: 'Rise — strive thou with the mountains, And cause thou the hills to hear thy voice.'

Bible in Basic English

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.

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Cross references

“ye”

Micah 1:2 Jeremiah 13:15 Amos 3:1 1 Samuel 15:16 Hebrews 3:7 Hebrews 3:8

Micah 1:2 · BSB

Hear, O peoples, all of you; listen, O earth, and everyone in it! May the Lord GOD bear witness against you, the Lord from His holy temple.

Jeremiah 13:15 · BSB

Listen and give heed. Do not be arrogant, for the LORD has spoken.

Amos 3:1 · BSB

Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt:

1 Samuel 15:16 · BSB

“Stop!” exclaimed Samuel. “Let me tell you what the LORD said to me last night.” “Tell me,” Saul replied.

Hebrews 3:7 · BSB

Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice,

Hebrews 3:8 · BSB

do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness,

“contend”

Jeremiah 22:29 Deuteronomy 32:1 Ezekiel 36:1 Psalm 50:4 Deuteronomy 4:26 Isaiah 1:2

Jeremiah 22:29 · BSB

O land, land, land, hear the word of the LORD!

Deuteronomy 32:1 · BSB

Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.

Ezekiel 36:1 · BSB

“And you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel and say: O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD.

Psalm 50:4 · BSB

He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that He may judge His people:

Deuteronomy 4:26 · BSB

I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live long upon it, but will be utterly destroyed.

Isaiah 1:2 · BSB

Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me.

“before”

Micah 1:4 Isaiah 2:12–14

Micah 1:4 · BSB

The mountains will melt beneath Him, and the valleys will split apart, like wax before the fire, like water rushing down a slope.

Isaiah 2:12–14 · BSB

For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted— it will be humbled—

“let”

Ezekiel 37:4

Ezekiel 37:4 · BSB

And He said to me, “Prophesy concerning these bones and tell them, ‘Dry bones, hear the word of the LORD!

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2Hear, O mountains, the LORD’s indictment, you enduring foundations of the earth. For the LORD has a case against His people, and He will argue it against Israel:

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