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Micah 6

Mic. 6:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Hear
shama` (Hebrew #8085)
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
KJV usage: X attentively, call (gather) together, X carefully, X certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, X diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), X indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, X surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
Pronounce: shaw-mah'
Origin: a primitive root
ye, O mountains
har (Hebrew #2022)
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
KJV usage: hill (country), mount(-ain), X promotion.
Pronounce: har
Origin: a shortened form of 2042
, the Lord’s
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
controversy
riyb (Hebrew #7379)
from 7378; a contest (personal or legal)
KJV usage: + adversary, cause, chiding, contend(-tion), controversy, multitude (from the margin), pleading, strife, strive(-ing), suit.
Pronounce: reeb
Origin: or rib {reeb}
, and ye strong
'eythan (Hebrew #386)
from an unused root (meaning to continue); permanence; hence (concrete) permanent; specifically a chieftain
KJV usage: hard, mighty, rough, strength, strong.
Pronounce: ay-thawn'
Origin: or (shortened) ethan {ay-thawn'}
foundations
mowcadah (Hebrew #4146)
feminine of 4144; a foundation
KJV usage: foundation.
Pronounce: mo-saw-daw'
Origin: or mocadah {mo-saw-daw'}
of the earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
: forb the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
hath a controversy
riyb (Hebrew #7379)
from 7378; a contest (personal or legal)
KJV usage: + adversary, cause, chiding, contend(-tion), controversy, multitude (from the margin), pleading, strife, strive(-ing), suit.
Pronounce: reeb
Origin: or rib {reeb}
with his people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
, and he will plead
yakach (Hebrew #3198)
to be right (i.e. correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict
KJV usage: appoint, argue, chasten, convince, correct(-ion), daysman, dispute, judge, maintain, plead, reason (together), rebuke, reprove(-r), surely, in any wise.
Pronounce: yaw-kahh'
Origin: a primitive root
with Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
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Hos. 4:1• 1Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel: for the Lord hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land. (Hos. 4:1)

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Cross References

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foundations.
Deut. 32:22• 22For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains. (Deut. 32:22)
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2 Sam. 22:8,16• 8Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.
 16And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the Lord, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils. (2 Sam. 22:8,16)
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Psa. 104:5• 5Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever. (Psa. 104:5)
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Prov. 8:29• 29When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth: (Prov. 8:29)
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Jer. 31:37• 37Thus saith the Lord; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the Lord. (Jer. 31:37)
a controversy.
Isa. 1:18• 18Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. (Isa. 1:18)
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Isa. 5:3• 3And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard. (Isa. 5:3)
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Isa. 43:26• 26Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified. (Isa. 43:26)
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Jer. 2:9,29‑35• 9Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the Lord, and with your children's children will I plead.
 29Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the Lord.
 30In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
 31O generation, see ye the word of the Lord. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee?
 32Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
 33Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou also taught the wicked ones thy ways.
 34Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.
 35Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned. (Jer. 2:9,29‑35)
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Jer. 25:31• 31A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the Lord hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the Lord. (Jer. 25:31)
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Ezek. 20:35‑36• 35And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face.
 36Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith the Lord God. (Ezek. 20:35‑36)
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Hos. 4:1• 1Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel: for the Lord hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land. (Hos. 4:1)
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Hos. 12:2• 2The Lord hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him. (Hos. 12:2)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Hear, ye mountains, Jehovah’s controversy, and ye, unchanging foundations of the earth; for Jehovah hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel.