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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Micah 6:1-5

Here, I. The prefaces to the message are very solemn and such as may engage our most serious attention. 1. The people are commanded to give audience: Hear you now what the Lord says. What the prophet speaks he speaks from God, and in his name; they are therefore bound to hear it, not as the word of a sinful dying man, but of the holy living God. Hear now what he saith, for, first or last, he will be heard. 2. The prophet is commanded to speak in earnest, and to put an emphasis upon what he... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Micah 6:2

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 strong parts of the earth, and the bottoms of them the foundations of it, to hear the Lord's controversy with his people, and judge between them; or, as some think, these are the persons with whom, and against whom, the controversy was; the chief and principal men of the land, who were as pillars... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 6:2

Hear ye, O mountains - Micah, as God's advocate, summons this people into judgment, and makes an appeal to inanimate creation against them. He had spoken to the priests, to the princes, to the people. He had done every thing that was necessary to make them wise, and holy, and happy; they had uniformly disobeyed, and were ever ungrateful. It was not consistent with either the justice or mercy of God to permit them to go on without reprehension and punishment. He now calls them into judgment;... read more

John Calvin

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

Verse 2 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, “There is not one of the elements which is not to bear witness respecting the obstinacy of this people; for the voice of God will penetrate to the farthest roots of the earth, it will reach the lowest depths: these men will at the same time continue deaf.” And he says not, the Lord threatens you, or... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 6:1-5

1. God ' s controversy with his people for their ingratitude. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 6:1-5

The memories of the way. Truly affecting are those portions of Scripture in which God is represented as expostulating and pleading with erring men ( Hosea 6:4 ; Hosea 11:8 ; Isaiah 1:16-20 ; Jeremiah 2:1-14 ). The opening verses of this chapter are of the same character. God testifies, and in so doing calls upon the mountains and hills and strong foundations of the earth which have stood from age to age to bear him witness and confirm his testimony ( Micah 6:2 ). "O my people,"... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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 6:2

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

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