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# Listen to Yahweh's lawsuit
2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00
Micah speaks to the people of Israel as if he were speaking to mountains that can hear him, so both instances of "listen" are plural. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-apostrophe]])
# you mountains ... you enduring foundations of the earth
2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00
Micah is speaking to these things as if they are humans. Micah is using the mountains, hills, and foundations of the earth as an eternal witness against his people's idolatry. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])