Micah 6:2 “Hear, O mountains, the LORD’s indictment, you enduring foundations of…”

Micah 6:2

Hear, 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:

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

Hear, you mountains, the LORD’s indictment, and you enduring foundations of the earth; for the LORD has a case against his people, and he will contend with Israel.

American Standard Version

Hear, O ye mountains, Jehovah’s controversy, and ye enduring foundations of the earth; for Jehovah hath a controversy with his people, and he will contend with Israel.

Geneva Bible 1599

Heare ye, O mountaynes, the Lordes quarel, and ye mightie foundations of the earth: for the Lord hath a quarell against his people, and he will pleade with Israel.

Darby Translation

Hear, ye mountains, Jehovah's controversy, and ye, unchanging foundations of the earth; for Jehovah hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel.

Young's Literal Translation

Hear, O mountains, the strife of Jehovah, Ye strong ones — foundations of earth! For a strife [is] to Jehovah, with His people, And with Israel He doth reason.

Bible in Basic English

Give ear, O you mountains, to the Lord's cause, and take note, you bases of the earth: for the Lord has a cause against his people, and he will take it up with Israel.

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Cross references

“foundations”

Deuteronomy 32:22 2 Samuel 22:16 Psalm 104:5 Proverbs 8:29 2 Samuel 22:8 Jeremiah 31:37

Deuteronomy 32:22 · BSB

For a fire has been kindled by My anger, and it burns to the depths of Sheol; it consumes the earth and its produce, and scorches the foundations of the mountains.

2 Samuel 22:16 · BSB

The channels of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed at the rebuke of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of His nostrils.

Psalm 104:5 · BSB

He set the earth on its foundations, never to be moved.

Proverbs 8:29 · BSB

when He set a boundary for the sea, so that the waters would not surpass His command, when He marked out the foundations of the earth.

2 Samuel 22:8 · BSB

Then the earth shook and quaked; the foundations of the heavens trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.

Jeremiah 31:37 · BSB

This is what the LORD says: “Only if the heavens above could be measured and the foundations of the earth below searched out would I reject all of Israel’s descendants because of all they have done,” declares the LORD.

“a controversy”

Hosea 4:1 Hosea 12:2 Isaiah 1:18 Isaiah 5:3 Jeremiah 2:9 Jeremiah 2:29–35

Hosea 4:1 · BSB

Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land!

Hosea 12:2 · BSB

The LORD has a charge to bring against Judah. He will punish Jacob according to his ways and repay him according to his deeds.

Isaiah 1:18 · BSB

“Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.

Isaiah 5:3 · BSB

“And now, O dwellers of Jerusalem and men of Judah, I exhort you to judge between Me and My vineyard.

Jeremiah 2:9 · BSB

Therefore, I will contend with you again, declares the LORD, and I will bring a case against your children’s children.

Jeremiah 2:29–35 · BSB

Why do you bring a case against Me? You have all rebelled against Me,” declares the LORD.

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

In context

1Hear now what the LORD says: “Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice.

3‘My people, what have I done to you? Testify against Me how I have wearied you!

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