Micah 6:2
Hear ye, O mountains, the Lord’s controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the Lord hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel.
Cross-references
Micah 6:1 commands the prophet to plead God's case before the mountains, and verse 2 directly continues with the mountains being called to hear.
Micah 1:2 opens with a similar summons for all peoples and earth to hear the Lord's witness against them, matching this lawsuit scene.
Jeremiah 2:9 also has God pleading with Israel — the same legal imagery of a covenantal dispute.
Hosea 12:2 also says 'The Lord has a controversy with Judah' — direct parallel of the legal dispute.
Hosea 4:1 uses identical language — 'the Lord has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land'.
Ezekiel 20:36 recalls God pleading with Israel's ancestors — same covenantal lawsuit imagery.
Ezekiel 20:35 also has God pleading with Israel face to face in the wilderness — same legal confrontation.
Jeremiah 25:31 expands the controversy to all nations — same term 'controversy' used globally.
Jeremiah 2:29-35 continues the legal metaphor — God questions why Israel pleads with Him after transgressing.
Isaiah 43:26 also uses the legal metaphor — God invites Israel to plead their case, echoing the controversy language.
In Isaiah 5:3, God invites Jerusalem to judge between him and his vineyard, mirroring Micah's covenant lawsuit.
Isaiah 1:2 also calls heaven and earth to hear God's indictment against rebellious Israel — the same covenantal lawsuit opening.
Deuteronomy 30:19 also calls heaven and earth as witnesses to the covenant choices — the same legal motif of creation testifying against Israel.
Psalm 50:4 has God calling heaven and earth to witness his judgment of his people — a direct parallel to Micah's covenantal lawsuit.
Ezekiel 6:3 explicitly calls mountains of Israel to hear God's word, almost identical to Micah's address.
Jeremiah 22:29 cries 'O land, hear the word of the Lord,' directly echoing Micah's call to the earth.
Jeremiah 6:19 calls earth to hear God's coming disaster, paralleling Micah's summons to creation.
Jeremiah 2:12 calls heavens to be appalled at Israel's sin, similar to Micah calling mountains as witnesses.
Deuteronomy 32:1 calls heaven and earth as witnesses — same device of summoning creation to hear God's case.
Isaiah 3:13 depicts the LORD taking his place to contend and judge — the same courtroom imagery of God bringing a case against his people.
Isaiah 41:21 uses legal courtroom language 'present your case', reinforcing Micah's covenant lawsuit theme.
Isaiah 34:1 calls earth and all in it to hear God's judgment, directly mirroring Micah's summons to mountains and foundations.
Isaiah 1:18 invites Israel to reason with God — like Micah, a prophetic lawsuit where God argues His case with His people.
Job 13:3 uses the same legal term (rib) but from a human wanting to argue with God — contrasting the direction of the lawsuit here.
Jeremiah 2:5 has God's accusation against Israel for straying, matching Micah's covenant dispute.
Jeremiah 31:37 uses 'foundations of the earth' in a covenant promise — both link earth's foundations to God's dealings with Israel.
Proverbs 8:29 recounts God marking out the foundations of the earth — the same foundations Micah summons as enduring witnesses.
Psalm 104:5 states God set the earth on its foundations — Micah calls these same foundations as witnesses to God's complaint.
In Ezekiel 37:4, the same prophetic command 'hear the word of the Lord' is addressed to dry bones, extending the call to creation.
1 Samuel 12:7 has Samuel pleading with Israel about God's righteous acts — a parallel prophetic courtroom scene where God's case is presented.