彌迦書 6:1-2 RCUVTS

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 6:1-5

A protest and a retrospect. The serious state of the cue between Jehovah and his people is shown by this appeal to the hills and mountains. As though among all the nations none could be found impartial enough to be umpires, or even witnesses, inanimate nature must supply its testimony. (Illustrate from Job 12:7 , Job 12:8 ; Isaiah 1:2 , Isaiah 1:3 ; Luke 19:40 ; 2 Peter 2:16 .) The mountains hays stability; not so the favoured nation. They have survived many generations of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 6:1-5

Man in the moral court of history. "Hear ye now what the Lord saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice. 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," etc. There are three things here very striking and deserving our solemn attention. I. HERE IS A CALL ON MAN TO GIVE AUDIENCE TO ALMIGHTY GOD . "Hear ye now... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 6:2

Hear ye, O mountains. Insensate nature is called upon as a witness. (For similar appeals, comp. Deuteronomy 4:26 ; Deuteronomy 32:1 ; Isaiah 1:2 ; Jeremiah 22:29 .) The Lord's controversy. So God calls his pleading with his people to show them their sin and thankless unbelief; as he says in Isaiah 1:18 , "Come, and let us reason together" (comp. Hosea 4:1 ; Hosea 12:2 ). Ye strong ( enduring ) foundations of the earth. The mountains are called everlasting ( Genesis... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Micah 6:1

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” Ezekiel 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.... read more

Albert Barnes

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

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, surface of the earth. There they were, before the existence of our short-lived generations; there they will be, until time shall cease to be. They have witnessed so many vicissitudes of human things, themselves unchanging. The prophet is directed to seize this feeling of simple nature. “They have seen so... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Micah 6:1-2

Micah 6:1-2. 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 mountains Argue the case between God and thy people; and speak as if thou wouldest make the mountains hear thee, to testify for me. Hear, O ye mountains God often appeals to inanimate creatures for the justice of his proceedings, thereby to upbraid the stupidity of men; the Lord’s... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Micah 6:1-16

6:1-7:20 GOD ACCUSES AND THE PEOPLE REPLYWhat God desires (6:1-16)Returning to conditions in his own time, Micah pictures a courtroom where, with the heavens and earth as witnesses, God accuses his people of unfaithfulness (6:1-2). God recalls the great things he has done for them, as if asking why they treat him so badly in return (3-5).The people’s reply shows their misunderstanding. They ask what sort of worship God wants. Does he want sacrifices that are exact according to the letter of the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Micah 6:1

the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Micah 6:2

Hear ye, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 32:1 ). App-92 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Micah 6:1

This begins the concluding section of Micah (Micah 6-7). The prophet had already declared the guilt of Israel and pronounced dramatically the divine sentence of the destruction of their "sinful kingdom," stating also at the same time the salvation that would yet be available to a faithful remnant of the chosen people, preserved and purified through the terrible punishment to come. In this last division of the prophecy, Micah again stressed that the judgment to fall upon them was due solely to... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 6:1-5

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 6:1-5

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 6:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Micah 6:1

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

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Micah 6:1-2

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Micah 6:1-16

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Micah 6:1

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Micah 6:2

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Micah 6:1

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