Micah 6:1 (DRB)

Passage

Hear ye what the Lord saith: Arise, contend thou in judgment against the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.

Nearby Context

Micah 6:1 Hear ye what the Lord saith: Arise, contend thou in judgment against the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.

Micah 6:2 Let the mountains hear the judgment of the Lord, and the strong foundations of the earth: for the Lord will enter into judgment with his people, and he will plead against Israel.

Micah 6:3 O my people, what have I done to thee, or in what have I molested thee? answer thou me.

Study Lenses

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

The next verse adds "Let the mountains hear the judgment of...", so "hear" and "lord" 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 "lord" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.