Verse 2
"Hear, O 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."
The climax of this eloquent and impressive beginning is the announcement of the defendant. It is Israel!
"Who can be the guilty party in so awesome a court hearing? Micah finally satisfies the deliberately aroused curiosity of his audience with the shocking news that the one to stand trial is Yahweh's people, Israel, the Southern Kingdom by its covenant name."[7]
The charge, of course, is breach of contract, under the terms of which God had long ago forewarned his people that their covenant would be abrogated and the intended blessings denied.
"His people ..." These words are most significant, the equivalent of which is repeated again and again (Micah 6:3,5,16). The word used here is [~amiy]; (Jehovah's people), a word that stands with special significance to indicate the sacred relationship between God and his family. "It also indicated the right of Jehovah to contend with it."[8]
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