Micah 1:2

Micah 1:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord God be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.
• New International Version (NIV)Hear, you peoples, all of you, listen, earth and all who live in it, that the Sovereign Lord may bear witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Hear, you peoples, all of you; pay attention, O earth, and all that is in it, and let the Lord God be a witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Hear, all you peoples! Listen, O earth, and all that is in it! Let the Lord God be a witness against you, The Lord from His holy temple.

Context of Micah 1:2

1The word of Yhwh that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem. Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord Yhwh be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple. 3For, behold, Yhwh cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth. 4And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place.

Micah 1:2 word by word

שִׁמְעוּ֙ עַמִּ֣ים כֻּלָּ֔ם הַקְשִׁ֖יבִי אֶ֣רֶץ וּמְלֹאָ֑הּ וִיהִי֩ אֲדֹנָ֨י יְהוִ֤ה בָּכֶם֙ לְעֵ֔ד אֲדֹנָ֖י מֵהֵיכַ֥ל קָדְשֽׁוֹ׃Read the interlinear

• Hearשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• all ye peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• hearkenקָשַׁבqâshab · to listenH7181
• O earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• and all that thereinמְלֹאmelô' melô' melô · fullnessH4393
• is: and let the Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
• Yhwhיְהֹוִהyehôvih · YHWH/GodH3069
• be witnessעֵד‛êd · witnessH5707
• from his holyקֹ֫דֶשׁqôdesh · holinessH6944
• templeהֵיכָלhêykâl · templeH1964

Cross-references for Micah 1:2

• Micah 6:1Hear ye now what Yhwh saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.
• Deuteronomy 32:1Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
• Psalms 49:1Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:
• Psalms 50:1The mighty God, even Yhwh, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.
• Isaiah 1:2Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for Yhwh hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.
• Jeremiah 22:29O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of Yhwh.
• Mark 7:14And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand:
• Revelation 2:7He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the Assemblies; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the Garden of God.
• Revelation 3:6He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the Assemblies.
• Psalms 24:1The earth is Yhwh's, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
• Psalms 50:12If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
• Psalms 50:7Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.
• Jeremiah 29:23Because they have committed villany in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbours’ wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I have not commanded them; even I know, and am a witness, saith Yhwh.
• Malachi 2:14Yet ye say, Wherefore? because Yhwh hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
• Malachi 3:5And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith Yhwh of Armies.
• Psalms 11:4Yhwh is in his holy temple, Yhwh's throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.

Commentaries on Micah 1:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Hear, all ye people - The very commencement of this prophecy supposes preceding exhortations and predictions. Hearken, O earth - ארץ arets, here, should be translated land, the country of the Hebrews being only intended. And let the Lord God be Witness - Let him who has sent me with this message be witness that I have delivered it faithfully; and be a witness against you, if you take not the warning. The Lord from his holy temple - The place where he…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Hear, all ye people - Literally, “hear, ye peoples, all of them.” Some 140, or 150 years had flowed by, since Micaiah, son of Imlah, had closed his prophecy in these words. And now they burst out anew. From age to age the word of God holds its course, ever receiving new fulfillments, never dying out, until the end shall come. The signal fulfillment of the prophecy, to which the former Micalah had called attention in these words, was an earnest of the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2Hear!: This word translates the same Hebrew term used in the Shema, which begins with the command “Hear” in Deuteronomy 6:4. It is a call to listen carefully and respond with obedience. His holy temple: This refers to the Lord’s dwelling place in heaven, not to the corrupt temple in Jerusalem (Micah 1:2–3).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. all that therein is--Hebrew, "whatever fills it." Micaiah, son of Imlah, our prophet's namesake, begins his prophecy similarly, "Hearken, O people, every one of you." Micah designedly uses the same preface, implying that his ministrations are a continuation of his predecessor's of the same name. Both probably had before their mind Moses' similar attestation of heaven and earth in a like case (De 31:28; 32:1; compare Is 1:2). God be witness against…Read the comment

Topics related to Micah 1:2

• Church
• Idolatry
• Temple

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• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Heir
• Lie
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• Bush, Burning
• Micah (2)
• Micaiah
• Lord Yahweh, Yahweh God

Commentaries on Micah 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings