Micah 6:3
1 Hear now what the LORD says: “Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice.
2 Hear, O mountains, the LORD’s indictment, you enduring foundations of the earth. For the LORD has a case against His people, and He will argue it against Israel:
‘My people, what have I done to you? Testify against Me how I have wearied you!
4 For I brought you up from the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery. I sent Moses before you, as well as Aaron and Miriam.
5 My people, remember what Balak king of Moab counseled and what Balaam son of Beor answered. Remember your journey from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may acknowledge the righteousness of the LORD.’”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- ‘My people, what have I done to you? Testify against Me how I have wearied you!
- KJV
- O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.
- WEB
- My people, what have I done to you? How have I burdened you? Answer me!
- ASV
- O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.
- DARBY
- O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.
- BLB
- ‘My people, what have I done to you, and how have I wearied you? Answer Me!
- ÅB
- Mitt folk, hva har jeg gjort deg?
Hvordan har jeg trettet deg ut?
Vitne mot meg! - OTB
- Mitt folk, hva har jeg gjort mot deg,
Og på hvilken måte har jeg tynget deg? Svar meg. - B1930
- Mitt folk, hvad har jeg gjort dig, og hvormed har jeg trettet dig ut? Avlegg vidnesbyrd mot mig!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 2:5
This is what the LORD says: “What fault did your fathers find in Me that they strayed so far from Me, and followed worthless idols, and became worthless themselves?
Read in contextIsaiah 43:22–23
But you have not called on Me, O Jacob, because you have grown weary of Me, O Israel.
Read in contextPsalms 81:13
If only My people would listen to Me, if Israel would follow My ways,
Read in contextJeremiah 2:31
You people of this generation, consider the word of the LORD: “Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of dense darkness? Why do My people say, ‘We are free to roam; we will come to You no more’?
Read in contextPsalms 50:7
“Hear, O My people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, your God.
Read in contextRomans 3:19
Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
Read in contextMicah 6:5
My people, remember what Balak king of Moab counseled and what Balaam son of Beor answered. Remember your journey from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may acknowledge the righteousness of the LORD.’”
Read in contextRomans 3:4–5
Certainly not! Let God be true and every man a liar. As it is written: “So that You may be proved right when You speak and victorious when You judge.”
Read in context