Micah 6:1 (ASV)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

Micah 6:1 Hear ye now what Jehovah saith: Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.

Micah 6:2 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.

Micah 6:3 O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "hear", "jehovah", "saith", "arise", "contend", "thou", "before", and "mountains". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "hear" and "jehovah", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The next verse adds "Hear O ye mountains Jehovah s controversy...", so "hear" and "jehovah" should be read forward into that movement. In Micah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "hear" and "jehovah" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.