Micah 6:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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 6:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hear, ye strong (or, it may be, ye enduring,) foundations of the earth - Mountains and rocks carry the soul to times far away, before and after. They change net, like the habitable, cultivated, s...
Micah 6:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Popular v. Prophetic Religion. The classical summary of prophetic religion in Micah 6:8 is introduced by the figure frequently employed ( Hosea 4:1 ; Hosea 12:2 ; Isaiah 3:13 ; Isaiah 43:26...
Micah 6:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Hear ye, &c. Reference to Pentateuch ( Deuteronomy 32:1 ). App-92.
Micah 6:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Hear, ye mountains, the controversy of Jehovah, (161) how? and ye strong foundations of the earth, he says. He speaks here no more of hills, but summons the whole world; as though he said...
Micah 6:2 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1212 GOD’S CONTROVERSY WITH HIS PEOPLE Micah 6:2-3 . Hear ye, O mountains, the Lord’s controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the Lord hath a controversy with his peo...
Micah 6:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. Hear ye, O mountains - Micah, as...
Micah 6:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And ye strong foundations of the earth— And ye valleys in the lower parts of the earth. Houbigant. Schultens has it, Ye abiding, —or everlasting foundations, &c. And instead of testify ag...
Micah 6:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. Hear ye, O mountains, the...
Micah 6:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

God's Arraignment of His people 1-8. Micah's message to the discouraged believers. They have lost heart because of the apparent contradiction between the promises of their prophets and the hard fa...
Micah 6:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE REASONABLENESS OF TRUE RELIGION Micah 6:1-8 WE have now reached a passage from which all obscurities of date and authorship disappear before the transparence and splendor of its contents. "...
Micah 6:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“What Doth the Lord Require of Thee?” Micah 6:1-16 In Micah 6:1-4 the prophet returns from his vision of the future to the actual condition of his people, which was utterly desperate. The mou...
Micah 6:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This closing section is dramatic and magnificent. The prophet summoned Israel and the mountains to hear the controversy of Jehovah with His people. The key-word is "Jehovah... will plead." From that...
Micah 6:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

This seems a new Sermon of the Prophet's, opening at this Chapter. The stile is as usual in the prophetic way. Not only the people are called upon, but the inanimate part of the creation, to be witne...
Micah 6:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Hear ye, O mountains, the Lord's controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth ,.... These are the words of the prophet, obeying the divine command, calling upon the mountains, which are the s...
Micah 6:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 2. Hear ye, O mountains, t...
Micah 6:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hear now what the Lord saith Here begins a new discourse, respecting the causes of the evils which hung over the Jewish nation. Arise This is God's command to Micah; contend thou before the moun...
Micah 6:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

God's Expostulations with His People. B. C. 710. 1 Hear ye now what the L ORD saith; Ar...
Micah 6:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Hear ye, O mountains: in the first verse God directs Micah to take the mountains and hills for witnesses; now in this verse he doth call upon those mountains to hear: it is a prosopoeia, an elegant...
Micah 6:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Micah Now Calls On Creation To Witness YHWH's Case Against Israel, And Finishes By Stating YHWH's Requirements. ( Micah 6:1-8 ) Knowing that the people might be puzzled as to why YHWH should treat...
Micah 6:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES .] The third division now begins, after declaration of judgment and salvation which awaits the future remnant. Hear] Plead with God in controversy. Mts.] Witness and murmur with...
Micah 6:2 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Micah 6:1 . Hear ye now what the LORD saith; And yet some doubt the infallible inspiration of Scripture. I would commence every reading of the Scripture with such a word of admonition as this: «H...
Micah 6:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Micah 6:5 . Oh my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted. He went to Balaam the false prophet for advice; and both he and his people, and the prophet perished together. Had he hear...
Micah 6:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice God’s controversy with Israel In this text we have God offering to plead before the sinner. The parties, who are the...
Micah 6:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Verse 6:1-7:20 Part III . In this address, which is later than the preceding parts, the prophet sets forth the way of salvation: PUNISHMENT IS THE CONSEQUENCE OF SIN ;...
Micah 6:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A Call to Repentance
Micah 6:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 22:16 ; 2 Samuel 22:8 ; Deuteronomy 32:22 ; Ezekiel 20:35 ; Ezekiel 20:36 ; Hosea 12:2 ; Hosea 4:1 ; Isaiah 1:18 ; Isaiah 43:26 ; Isaiah 5:3 ; Jeremiah 2:29-35 ; Jeremiah 2:9 ;...
Micah 6:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Foundations of the earth — The mountains properly so called; the sin of Israel is so notorious, that the whole creation may be summoned as a witness against them.

Micah 6:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Micah 6:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Micah 6:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Micah 6:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Micah 6:2 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Micah 6:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Micah 6:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Micah 6:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Micah 6:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Micah 6:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Micah 6:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Micah 6:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Micah 6:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Micah 6:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Micah 6:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Micah 6:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Micah 6:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Micah 6:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Micah 6:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Micah 6:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Micah 6:2 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Micah 6:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Micah 6:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Micah 6:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Micah 6:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Micah 6:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Micah 6:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes