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 Adonai that came to Micah the Morashtite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah—visions he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem. Hear, O peoples—all of you! Attention, O land and everything in it! Adonai Elohim will be witness against you— The Lord from His holy Temple. 3For behold, Adonai is coming forth out of His place. He will come down and trample on the high places of the land. 4The mountains will melt away under Him and the valleys will split apart like wax before the fire, like water being poured down a slope.

Micah 1:2 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• 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
• Godיְהֹוִהyehôvih · YHWH/GodH3069
• be witnessעֵד‛êd · witnessH5707
• from his holyקֹ֫דֶשׁqôdesh · holinessH6944
• templeהֵיכָלhêykâl · templeH1964

Cross-references for Micah 1:2

• Micah 6:1Hear what Adonai is saying: “Arise! Contend with the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice.
• Deuteronomy 32:1“Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak! Let the earth hear the words of my mouth.
• Psalms 49:1For the music director: a psalm of the sons of Korah.
• Psalms 50:1A psalm of Asaph. God, Elohim Adonai has spoken and summoned the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.
• Isaiah 1:2Listen! Heavens, and hear, earth, for Adonai has spoken: “Sons I have raised and brought up, but they have rebelled against Me.
• Jeremiah 22:29O land, land, land, hear the word of Adonai!
• Mark 7:14Then Yeshua called the crowd again and began saying to them, “Hear Me, everyone, and understand.
• Revelation 2:7He who has an ear, let him hear what the Ruach is saying to Messiah’s communities. To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to eat from the Tree of Life, which is in the Paradise of God.”
• Revelation 3:6He who has an ear, let him hear what the Ruach is saying to Messiah’s communities.
• Psalms 24:1A psalm of David. The earth is Adonai’s and all that fills it— the world, and those dwelling on it.
• Psalms 50:12If I were hungry, I would not tell you— for the world is Mine and all it contains!
• Psalms 50:7“Hear, My people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, your God.
• Jeremiah 29:23because they have been disgraceful in Israel, committing adultery with their neighbors’ wives and speaking words in My Name falsely, which I did not command them. But I am the One who knows and I am witness.” It is a declaration of Adonai.
• Malachi 2:14Yet you say, “Why?” Because Adonai bears witness between you and the wife of your youth, whom you have treated deceitfully. Yet she had been your companion and your wife by covenant.
• Malachi 3:5“Then I will draw near to you in judgment, and I will be a swift witness against sorcerers, adulterers, perjurers those who extort a worker’s wage, or oppress the widow or an orphan, those who mislead a stranger. They do not fear Me,” says Adonai-Tzva’ot.
• Psalms 11:4Adonai is in His holy Temple. Adonai’s throne is in heaven. His eyes are watching. His eyelids observe 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

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Heir
• Lie
• Roll
• Wail
• 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