Micah 6:2

“Hear ye, O mountains, the Lord’s controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth, etc.] These are the words of the prophet, obeying the divine command, calling upon the mountains, which are the strong parts of the earth, and the bottoms of them the foundations of it, to hear the Lord’s controversy with his people, and judge between them; or, as some think, these are the persons with whom, and against whom, the controversy was; the chief and principal men of the land, who were as pillars to the common people to support and uphold them: for the Lord hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel; his people Israel, who were so by choice, by covenant, by their own…”

“Lord's controversy--How great is Jehovah's condescension, who, though the supreme Lord of all, yet wishes to prove to worms of the earth the equity of His dealings (Isa 5:3; Isa 43:26).”

“Hear, ye strong (or, it may be, ye enduring,) foundations of the earth - Mountains and rocks carry the soul to times far away, before and after. They change net, like the habitable, cultivated, surface of the earth. There they were, before the existence of our short-lived generations; there they will be, until time shall cease to be. They have witnessed so many vicissitudes of human things, themselves unchanging. The prophet is directed to seize this feeling of simple nature. “They have seen so much before me,” Yes! “then they have seen all which befell my forefathers; all God’s benefits, all along, to them and to us, all their and our unthankfulness.” He will plead with Israel - God hath a…”

“Foundations of the earth - The mountains properly so called; the sin of Israel is so notorious, that the whole creation may be summoned as a witness against them. Micah 6:3”

“foundations: Deu 32:22; Sa2 22:8, Sa2 22:16; Psa 104:5; Pro 8:29; Jer 31:37 a controversy: Isa 1:18, Isa 5:3, Isa 43:26; Jer 2:9, Jer 2:29-35, Jer 25:31; Eze 20:35, Eze 20:36; Hos 4:1; Hos 12:2 Micah 6:3”