Micah 6:1

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“Hear now what the LORD says: “Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice.”

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BSBPD

“Hear now what the LORD says: “Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Hear ye now what the Lord saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“Hear ye now what Jehovah saith: Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Hear, I pray you, that which Jehovah is saying: `Rise--strive thou with the mountains, And cause thou the hills to hear thy voice.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Micah 6:1 — 19 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 4:26I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live long upon it, but will be utterly destroyed.
  2. Deuteronomy 32:1Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
  3. 1 Samuel 15:16“Stop!” exclaimed Samuel. “Let me tell you what the LORD said to me last night.” “Tell me,” Saul replied.
  4. Psalms 50:1The Mighty One, God the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from where the sun rises to where it sets.
  5. Psalms 50:4He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that He may judge His people:
  6. Isaiah 1:2Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me.
  7. Isaiah 2:12For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted— it will be humbled—
  8. Isaiah 3:13The LORD arises to contend; He stands to judge the people.
  9. Jeremiah 13:15Listen and give heed. Do not be arrogant, for the LORD has spoken.
  10. Jeremiah 22:29O land, land, land, hear the word of the LORD!
  11. Ezekiel 6:3You are to say: ‘O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD! This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys: I am about to bring a sword against you, and I will destroy your high places.
  12. Ezekiel 36:1“And you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel and say: O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD.
  13. Ezekiel 36:8But you, O mountains of Israel, will produce branches and bear fruit for My people Israel, for they will soon come home.
  14. Ezekiel 37:4And He said to me, “Prophesy concerning these bones and tell them, ‘Dry bones, hear the word of the LORD!
  15. Amos 3:1Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt:
  16. Micah 1:2Hear, O peoples, all of you; listen, O earth, and everyone in it! May the Lord GOD bear witness against you, the Lord from His holy temple.
  17. Micah 1:4The mountains will melt beneath Him, and the valleys will split apart, like wax before the fire, like water rushing down a slope.
  18. Luke 19:40“I tell you,” He answered, “if they remain silent, the very stones will cry out.”
  19. Hebrews 3:7Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice,

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