Micah 1:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

Hear, all ye people. Micah begins by taking up the concluding words of the other Micah or Micaiah (1 Kings 22:28), and recurs to them in Micah 3:1; Micah 3:9; Micah 6:1; Micah 6:2. Five times, not three, as some say; and forms no part of the Structure of the whole book. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 32:1). App-92.

all ye. ye peoples, all of them.

people. peoples. Including ourselves.

all that therein is. her fullness.

let the Lord GOD be witness. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 31:50).

the Lord. Hebrew Adonai. App-4.

GOD Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.

the LORD*. One of the 134 places where the Sopherim say they altered "Jehovah" of the primitive text to "Adonai". See App-32.

from His holy temple. Compare Psalms 11:4.Jonah 2:7; Habakkuk 2:20.

holy. See note on Exodus 3:5.

Micah 1:2

2 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.