The word of the LORD. The only occurrence of this expression in this book: bidding us to receive it from Jehovah, not Micah, and to note Micah's pen but Jehovah's words.
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.
Micah. Who is like Jehovah? An abbreviated form of Micaiah (2 Chronicles 18:7, &c.); it is used in Jeremiah 26:18 (in the Heb). Compare Micah 7:18.
Morasthite: Mareshah (Micah 1:15) or Moresheth-gath (Micah 1:14); now Tel Sandahanna, in the Shephelah, or plain, between Judea and Philistia. In the excavations at Sandahanna the ancient name is seen as Marissa. Marissa was. Sidonian colony (cent.. B. C), and was afterward used as the capital of' Idumea by the Edomites during the captivity of Judah (see Records of the Past, vol. iv, part x, pp. 291-306).
which he saw. Compare Isaiah 1:1.Obadiah 1:1.Nahum 1:1.
concerning, &c. This furnishes the subject.