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Hear you now what Yahweh says: Arise, contend you before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice.
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A Divine Lawsuit
Commentators explain that this verse opens a dramatic courtroom scene. God initiates a formal legal dispute, or "contention," against Israel. He commands the prophet Micah to "arise" and present the case, not to the people who refuse to listen, but to the mountains and hills, setting a solemn and serious tone for the charges that will follow.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Hear now what the Lord says - If you will not hear the rebuke of man, hear now at last the word of God. “Arise, you, Micah.” The pr…
19th Century
Anglican
Hear ye now what the Lord saith. The third portion of Micah’s prophecy opens with a solemn appeal to Nature to hear the L…
Baptist
Hear ye now what the LORD saith;
And yet some doubt the infallible inspiration of Scripture. I would commence every reading of the …
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16th Century
Protestant
Here the Prophet openly assumes that the people were sufficiently proved guilty. Yet they resisted with the most stubborn resistance, rejecting all…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Hear you now what the Lord says Here begins a new discourse, and with an address of the prophet to the people of Isr…
The people are called upon to declare why they were weary of God's worship, and prone to idolatry. Sin causes the controversy between God and man. …
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