God Pleads with Israel
“Arise, plead your case before the mountains,
And let the hills hear your voice.
And you strong foundations of the earth;
For cthe Lord has a complaint against His people,
And He will1 contend with Israel.
I redeemed you from the house of bondage;
And I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
What aBalak king of Moab counseled,
And what Balaam the son of Beor answered him,
From1 Acacia Grove to Gilgal,
That you may know bthe righteousness of the Lord.”
And bow myself before the High God?
Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings,
With calves a year old?
Ten thousand brivers of oil?
cShall I give my firstborn for my transgression,
1The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
And what does the Lord require of you
But bto do justly,
To love1 mercy,
And to walk humbly with your God?
Punishment of Israel’s Injustice
In the house of the wicked,
And the short measure that is an abomination?
Her inhabitants have spoken lies,
And btheir tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
By making you desolate because of your sins.
1Hunger shall be in your midst.
You may carry some away,1 but shall not save them;
And what you do rescue I will give over to the sword.
You shall tread the olives, but not anoint yourselves with oil;
And make sweet wine, but not drink wine.
All the works of Ahab’s house are done;
And you walk in their counsels,
That I may make you a1 desolation,
And your inhabitants a hissing.
Therefore you shall bear the creproach of My people.”
| << Micah 6:1 | Micah 6:3 >> |
Micah 6:2
Hear ye, O mountains - Micah, as God' s advocate, summons this people into judgment, and makes an appeal to inanimate creation against them. He had spoken to the priests, to the princes, to the people. He had done every thing that was necessary to make them wise, and holy, and happy; they had uniformly disobeyed, and were ever ungrateful. It was not consistent with either the justice or mercy of God to permit them to go on without reprehension and punishment. He now calls them into judgment; and such was the nature of their crimes that, to heighten the effect, and show what reason he had to punish such a people, he appeals to inanimate creation. Their ingratitude and rebellion are sufficient to make the mountains, the hills, and the strong foundations of the earth to hear, tremble, and give judgment against them. This, then, is the Lord' s controversy with his people, and thus he will plead with Israel.
Other Adam Clarke entries containing Micah 6:2:
| << Micah 6:1 | Micah 6:3 >> |
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