Micah 6:2

American Standard Version (1901)

Hear, O ye 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.

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  • Hos 4:1 : 1 Hear the word of Jehovah, ye children of Israel; for Jehovah hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land.
  • Hos 12:2 : 2 Jehovah hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.
  • Isa 1:18 : 18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith Jehovah: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
  • 2 Sam 22:16 : 16 Then the channels of the sea appeared, The foundations of the world were laid bare, By the rebuke of Jehovah, At the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
  • Ps 104:5 : 5 Who laid the foundations of the earth, That it should not be moved for ever.
  • Prov 8:29 : 29 When he gave to the sea its bound, That the waters should not transgress his commandment, When he marked out the foundations of the earth;
  • Deut 32:22 : 22 For a fire is kindled in mine anger, And burneth unto the lowest Sheol, And devoureth the earth with its increase, And setteth on fire the foundations of the mountains.
  • 2 Sam 22:8 : 8 Then the earth shook and trembled, The foundations of heaven quaked And were shaken, because he was wroth.
  • Isa 5:3 : 3 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.
  • Isa 43:26 : 26 Put me in remembrance; let us plead together: set thou forth [thy cause], that thou mayest be justified.
  • Jer 2:9 : 9 Wherefore I will yet contend with you, saith Jehovah, and with your children's children will I contend.
  • Jer 2:29-35 : 29 Wherefore will ye contend with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith Jehovah. 30 In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion. 31 O generation, see ye the word of Jehovah. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? or a land of thick darkness? wherefore say my people, We are broken loose; we will come no more unto thee? 32 Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number. 33 How trimmest thou thy way to seek love! therefore even the wicked women hast thou taught thy ways. 34 Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the innocent poor: thou didst not find them breaking in; but it is because of all these things. 35 Yet thou saidst, I am innocent; surely his anger is turned away from me. Behold, I will enter into judgment with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.
  • Jer 25:31 : 31 A noise shall come even to the end of the earth; for Jehovah hath a controversy with the nations; he will enter into judgment with all flesh: as for the wicked, he will give them to the sword, saith Jehovah.
  • Jer 31:37 : 37 Thus saith Jehovah: If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, then will I also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith Jehovah.
  • Ezek 20:35-36 : 35 and I will bring you into the wilderness of the peoples, and there will I enter into judgment with you face to face. 36 Like as I entered into judgment with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I enter into judgment with you, saith the Lord Jehovah.

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    91%

    1Hear ye now what Jehovah saith: Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.

  • Mic 6:3
    77%

    3O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.

  • Hos 4:1
    77%

    1Hear the word of Jehovah, ye children of Israel; for Jehovah hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land.

  • Ezek 36:1
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    1And thou, son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel, and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of Jehovah.

  • Mic 1:2-5
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    76%

    2Hear, ye peoples, all of you: hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord Jehovah be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.

    3For, behold, Jehovah cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.

    4And the mountains shall be melted under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, as waters that are poured down a steep place.

    5For the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? is it not Samaria? and what are the high places of Judah? are they not Jerusalem?

  • Ezek 6:1-3
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    1And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

    2Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy unto them,

    3and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord Jehovah: Thus saith the Lord Jehovah to the mountains and to the hills, to the watercourses and to the valleys: Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places.

  • Jer 25:30-31
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    30Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, Jehovah will roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he will mightily roar against his fold; he will give a shout, as they that tread [the grapes], against all the inhabitants of the earth.

    31A noise shall come even to the end of the earth; for Jehovah hath a controversy with the nations; he will enter into judgment with all flesh: as for the wicked, he will give them to the sword, saith Jehovah.

  • Hos 12:2
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    2Jehovah hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.

  • Isa 1:2
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    2Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for Jehovah hath spoken: I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.

  • Isa 3:13
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    13Jehovah standeth up to contend, and standeth to judge the peoples.

  • Jer 10:1
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    1Hear ye the word which Jehovah speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:

  • Ezek 36:4
    73%

    4therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord Jehovah: Thus saith the Lord Jehovah to the mountains and to the hills, to the watercourses and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes and to the cities that are forsaken, which are become a prey and derision to the residue of the nations that are round about;

  • Isa 34:1
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    1Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye peoples: let the earth hear, and the fulness thereof; the world, and all things that come forth from it.

  • Ps 114:6
    73%

    6Ye mountains, that ye skip like rams; Ye little hills, like lambs?

  • Zech 12:1
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    1The burden of the word of Jehovah concerning Israel. [Thus] saith Jehovah, who stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him:

  • Jer 2:4
    73%

    4Hear ye the word of Jehovah, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:

  • Jer 2:29
    72%

    29Wherefore will ye contend with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith Jehovah.

  • Jer 2:9
    72%

    9Wherefore I will yet contend with you, saith Jehovah, and with your children's children will I contend.

  • Ezek 36:6
    72%

    6Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and say unto the mountains and to the hills, to the watercourses and to the valleys, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my wrath, because ye have borne the shame of the nations:

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    18Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them.

  • Isa 5:7
    72%

    7For the vineyard of Jehovah of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for justice, but, behold, oppression; for righteousness, but, behold, a cry.

  • Hos 5:1
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    1Hear this, O ye priests, and hearken, O house of Israel, and give ear, O house of the king; for unto you pertaineth the judgment; for ye have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.

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    72%

    1Hear ye this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel.

  • Amos 3:13
    72%

    13Hear ye, and testify against the house of Jacob, saith the Lord Jehovah, the God of hosts.

  • Jer 30:4
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    4And these are the words that Jehovah spake concerning Israel and concerning Judah.

  • Ps 50:7
    71%

    7Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify unto thee: I am God, [even] thy God.

  • Jer 11:6
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    6And Jehovah said unto me, Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, Hear ye the words of this covenant, and do them.

  • Judg 5:5
    71%

    5The mountains quaked at the presence of Jehovah, Even yon Sinai at the presence of Jehovah, the God of Israel.

  • Ps 81:8
    71%

    8Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto me!

  • Jer 18:19
    71%

    19Give heed to me, O Jehovah, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.

  • Mal 2:17
    71%

    17Ye have wearied Jehovah with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? In that ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of Jehovah, and he delighteth in them; or where is the God of justice?

  • Isa 1:10
    70%

    10Hear the word of Jehovah, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.

  • Mic 3:12
    70%

    12Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.

  • Ps 18:7
    70%

    7Then the earth shook and trembled; The foundations also of the mountains quaked And were shaken, because he was wroth.

  • Jer 21:13
    70%

    13Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant of the valley, [and] of the rock of the plain, saith Jehovah; you that say, Who shall come down against us? or who shall enter into our habitations?

  • Amos 4:12-13
    2 verses
    70%

    12Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel; [and] because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.

    13For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought; that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth--Jehovah, the God of hosts, is his name.

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    5The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt; and the earth is upheaved at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.

  • Jer 13:15
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    15Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud; for Jehovah hath spoken.

  • Deut 19:17
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    17then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before Jehovah, before the priests and the judges that shall be in those days;

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    29O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of Jehovah.

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    6For thus hath Jehovah of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast up a mound against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her.

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    16And Jehovah will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but Jehovah will be a refuge unto his people, and a stronghold to the children of Israel.