Micah 6:2

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Hear, O mountains, the Lord's lawsuit, and you enduring foundations of the earth. For the Lord has a case against His people, and He will dispute with Israel.

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  • Hos 4:1 : 1 Hear the word of the LORD, O people of Israel! For the LORD has a charge against the inhabitants of the land: there is no truth, no steadfast love, and no knowledge of God in the land.
  • Hos 12:2 : 2 Ephraim feeds on the wind and pursues the east wind all day long. They multiply lies and violence, making a covenant with Assyria and sending oil to Egypt.
  • Isa 1:18 : 18 "Come now, let us reason together," says the LORD. "Though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.
  • 2 Sam 22:16 : 16 The channels of the sea were visible, and the foundations of the world were laid bare at the rebuke of the LORD, at the breath of his nostrils.
  • Ps 104:5 : 5 He established the earth on its foundations, so that it will never be moved.
  • Prov 8:29 : 29 When He set the boundary for the sea so the waters would not overstep His command, and when He marked out the foundations of the earth.
  • Deut 32:22 : 22 For a fire has been kindled in My wrath, and it burns to the depths of Sheol. It consumes the earth and its produce and sets ablaze the foundations of the mountains.
  • 2 Sam 22:8 : 8 Then the earth shook and quaked; the foundations of the heavens trembled and shook because he was angry.
  • Isa 5:3 : 3 Now then, you inhabitants of Jerusalem and people of Judah, judge between me and my vineyard.
  • Isa 43:26 : 26 Remind Me; let us argue the matter together. State your case, so that you may be justified.
  • Jer 2:9 : 9 Therefore I will still bring charges against you, declares the LORD, and against your children’s children I will bring charges.
  • Jer 2:29-35 : 29 Why do you bring charges against me? You have all rebelled against me,” declares the LORD. 30 In vain I have struck your children; they accepted no discipline. Your sword has devoured your prophets like a ravenous lion. 31 You people of this generation, consider the word of the LORD: ‘Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of deep darkness? Why do my people say, “We are free to roam; we will come to you no more”?’ 32 Can a maiden forget her jewelry or a bride her wedding adornments? Yet my people have forgotten me for days without number. 33 How skilled you are at pursuing love! Even the worst of women you have taught your ways. 34 Even on your skirts is found the blood of the innocent poor. You did not find them breaking in, yet it is because of all these things. 35 Yet you say, 'I am innocent; surely his anger has turned away from me.' But I will bring you to judgment because you say, 'I have not sinned.'
  • Jer 25:31 : 31 The clamor will resound to the ends of the earth because the LORD has a case against the nations. He will bring judgment on all mankind and hand over the wicked to the sword,' declares the LORD.
  • Jer 31:37 : 37 This is what the LORD says: If the heavens above can be measured and the foundations of the earth below can be explored, then I will reject all the descendants of Israel because of all they have done, declares the LORD.
  • Ezek 20:35-36 : 35 I will bring you into the wilderness of the nations, and there I will enter into judgment with you face to face. 36 Just as I entered into judgment with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will enter into judgment with you, declares the Sovereign LORD.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Mic 6:1
    91%

    1Listen now to what the Lord says: "Arise, present your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice."

  • Mic 6:3
    77%

    3My people, what have I done to you? How have I burdened you? Answer me!

  • Hos 4:1
    77%

    1Hear the word of the LORD, O people of Israel! For the LORD has a charge against the inhabitants of the land: there is no truth, no steadfast love, and no knowledge of God in the land.

  • Ezek 36:1
    76%

    1And you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel and say, 'Mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD.'

  • Mic 1:2-5
    4 verses
    76%

    2Listen, all you peoples; pay attention, Earth and all that fills it! The Lord God will act as a witness against you from His holy temple.

    3For behold, the LORD is coming out of His dwelling place; He will descend and tread on the high places of the earth.

    4The mountains will melt beneath Him, and the valleys will split open like wax before the fire, like water cascading down a slope.

    5All this is because of the transgression of Jacob and the sins of the house of Israel. What is Jacob’s transgression? Is it not Samaria? And what are the high places of Judah? Are they not Jerusalem?

  • Ezek 6:1-3
    3 verses
    75%

    1The word of the LORD came to me, saying:

    2Son of man, face toward the mountains of Israel and prophesy to them.

    3Say, 'Mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD: This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains, the hills, the ravines, and the valleys: I am about to bring a sword against you, and I will destroy your high places.

  • Jer 25:30-31
    2 verses
    74%

    30Therefore, you are to prophesy all these words to them and tell them: 'The LORD will roar from on high; He will raise His voice from His holy dwelling. He will roar mightily against His pasture; He will shout like those who tread grapes, shouting aloud against all the inhabitants of the earth.'

    31The clamor will resound to the ends of the earth because the LORD has a case against the nations. He will bring judgment on all mankind and hand over the wicked to the sword,' declares the LORD.

  • Hos 12:2
    74%

    2Ephraim feeds on the wind and pursues the east wind all day long. They multiply lies and violence, making a covenant with Assyria and sending oil to Egypt.

  • Isa 1:2
    73%

    2Hear, 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.

  • Isa 3:13
    73%

    13The LORD takes His stand to argue His case; He rises to judge the peoples.

  • Jer 10:1
    73%

    1Hear the word that the Lord has spoken to you, O house of Israel.

  • Ezek 36:4
    73%

    4therefore, mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD. This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains and hills, to the streams and valleys, to the desolate ruins and the abandoned towns that have been plundered and ridiculed by the surrounding nations:

  • Isa 34:1
    73%

    1Come near, O nations, to listen; and pay attention, O peoples! Let the earth hear, and all that fills it, the world and all its inhabitants.

  • Ps 114:6
    73%

    6Mountains, why do you leap like rams, and hills, like lambs?

  • Zech 12:1
    73%

    1This is the Lord’s message concerning Israel. The Lord, who stretches out the heavens, lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit within humans, declares this:

  • Jer 2:4
    73%

    4Hear the word of the LORD, house of Jacob, and all the clans of the house of Israel.

  • Jer 2:29
    72%

    29Why do you bring charges against me? You have all rebelled against me,” declares the LORD.

  • Jer 2:9
    72%

    9Therefore I will still bring charges against you, declares the LORD, and against your children’s children I will bring charges.

  • Ezek 36:6
    72%

    6Therefore, prophesy concerning the land of Israel and say to the mountains and hills, to the streams and valleys: ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: I am speaking in my jealous anger because you have endured the scorn of the nations.’

  • Jer 6:18
    72%

    18Therefore hear, O nations; observe, O congregation, what is among them!

  • Isa 5:7
    72%

    7For the vineyard of the Lord of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the people of Judah are the planting of His delight. He expected justice but saw bloodshed; He expected righteousness but heard cries of distress.

  • Hos 5:1
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    1Hear this, O priests; pay attention, O house of Israel; listen, O royal house! For judgment is meant for you, because you have become a snare at Mizpah and a net spread over Tabor.

  • Amos 5:1
    72%

    1Listen to this word that I am raising against you, a lamentation, O house of Israel.

  • Amos 3:13
    72%

    13Listen and testify against the house of Jacob,” declares the Lord God, the God of hosts.

  • Jer 30:4
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    4These are the words the LORD spoke concerning Israel and Judah:

  • Ps 50:7
    71%

    7Hear, my people, and I will speak; O Israel, I will testify against you: I am God, your God.

  • Jer 11:6
    71%

    6The LORD said to me, ‘Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying: Listen to the words of this covenant and do them.’

  • Judg 5:5
    71%

    5The mountains melted before the Lord, even Sinai, before the Lord, the God of Israel.

  • Ps 81:8
    71%

    8In your distress you called, and I rescued you; I answered you from the secret place of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah.

  • Jer 18:19
    71%

    19Listen to me, Lord! Hear what my accusers are saying!

  • Mal 2:17
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    17You have wearied the Lord with your words. Yet you ask, 'How have we wearied Him?' By saying, 'Everyone who does evil is good in the eyes of the Lord, and He delights in them,' or 'Where is the God of justice?'

  • Isa 1:10
    70%

    10Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the instruction of our God, you people of Gomorrah.

  • Mic 3:12
    70%

    12Therefore because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins, and the mountain of the temple will become a high place overgrown with thickets.

  • Ps 18:7
    70%

    7In my distress, I called upon the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From His temple, He heard my voice, and my cry for help came into His ears.

  • Jer 21:13
    70%

    13Behold, I am against you, O inhabitant of the valley, O rock of the plain, declares the LORD. You who say, 'Who can come against us? Who can enter our dwellings?'

  • Amos 4:12-13
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    70%

    12Therefore, this is what I will do to you, Israel, and because I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, O Israel.

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  • Nah 1:5
    70%

    5The mountains quake before him and the hills melt away. The earth trembles at his presence, the world and all who live in it.

  • Jer 13:15
    70%

    15Listen and pay attention! Do not be proud, for the LORD has spoken.

  • Deut 19:17
    70%

    17both parties to the dispute must stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges who are in office at that time.

  • Jer 22:29
    70%

    29O land, land, land, hear the word of the LORD!

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    1Hear this word that the Lord has spoken against you, O people of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up from the land of Egypt:

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    6For this is what the Lord of Hosts says: Cut down trees and build a siege ramp against Jerusalem. This city must be punished; it is filled with oppression.

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    16The LORD will roar from Zion and shout from Jerusalem; the heavens and the earth will tremble. But the LORD will be a refuge for his people and a stronghold for the children of Israel.