Micah 1 · Verse 2

Micah 1:2

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.

Micah 1:2, King James Version

Micah 1:2 in other translations

BSB	Hear, O peoples, all of you; listen, O earth, and everyone in it! May the Lord GOD bear witness against you, the Lord from His holy temple.
WEB	Hear, you peoples, all of you! Listen, O earth, and all that is therein. Let the Lord GOD be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.
ASV	Hear, ye peoples, all of you; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord Jehovah be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.
YLT	Hear, O peoples, all of them! Attend, O earth, and its fulness, And the Lord Jehovah is against you for a witness, The Lord from His holy temple.
DARBY	Hear, ye peoples, all of you; hearken, O earth, and all that is therein: and let the Lord Jehovah be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple!
BBE	Give ear, you peoples, all of you; give attention, O earth and everything in it: let the Lord God be witness against you, the Lord from his holy Temple.
Webster	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.

What does Micah 1:2 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

2. 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 you--namely, that none of you can say, when the time of your punishment shall come, that you were not forewarned. The punishment denounced is stated in Mi 1:3, &c. from his holy temple--that is, heaven (1Ki 8:30; Psa 11:4; Jon 2:7; compare Ro 1:18).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 2 Hear, 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 still remains as your King, and your Judge; and where you profess to pay your devotions. The temple was yet standing, for Jerusalem was not taken for many years after this; and these prophecies were delivered before the captivity of the ten tribes, as Micah appears to have been sent both to Israel and to Judah. See Mic 1:5-9, Mic 1:12, Mic 1:13.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Micah 1:1-7

The earth is called upon, with all that are therein, to hear the prophet. God's holy temple will not protect false professors. Neither men of high degree, as the mountains, nor men of low degree, as the valleys, can secure themselves or the land from the judgments of God. If sin be found in God's people he will not spare them; and their sins are most provoking to him, for they are most reproaching. When we feel the…

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Micah 1:2 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

שִׁמְעוּ֙shim.'UhearH8085

עַמִּ֣ים'a.MimO peoplesH5971

כֻּלָּ֔םku.Lamall of themH3605

הַקְשִׁ֖יבִיhak.Shi.vipay attentionH7181

אֶ֣רֶץ'E.retzO earthH776

וּמְלֹאָ֑הּu.me.lo.'Ahand what fills itH4393

וִיהִי֩vi.Hiso may he becomeH1961

אֲדֹנָ֨י'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136

יְהוִ֤הYah.wehYahwehH3069

בָּכֶם֙ba.Khemin you

לְעֵ֔דle.'Ed<into> a witnessH5707

אֲדֹנָ֖י'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136

מֵהֵיכַ֥לme.hei.Khalfrom [the] temple ofH1964

קָדְשֽׁוֹ\׃ka.de.Shoholiness hisH6944

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Micah 1:2

Psalms 11:4
The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord’s throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
Isaiah 1:2
Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the Lord hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.
Psalms 49:1-2
To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world: Both low and high, rich and poor, together.
Malachi 3:5
And 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 the Lord of hosts.
Revelation 3:22
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
Jonah 2:7
When my soul fainted within me I remembered the Lord: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.
Micah 6:1-2
Hear ye now what the Lord saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice. Hear ye, O mountains, the Lord’s controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the Lord hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel.
Psalms 50:7
Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.
Habakkuk 2:20
But the Lord is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.
Revelation 3:13
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
Jeremiah 22:29
O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the Lord.
Revelation 2:7
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

all ye people. Heb. ye people all of them. hearken.
6:1,2; De 32:1; Ps 49:1,2; 50:1; Isa 1:2; Jer 22:29; Mr 7:14-16
Re 2:7,11,17,29; 3:6,13,22
all that therein is. Heb. the fulness thereof.
Ps 24:1; 50:12
let.
Ps 50:7; Jer 29:23; Mal 2:14; 3:5
the Lord from.
Ps 11:4; 28:2; Jon 2:7; Hab 2:20

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Context

Micah 1:1
The word of the Lord that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
Micah 1:2
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.
Micah 1:3
For, behold, the Lord cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.

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Micah 1:2 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Oid, pueblos todos: está atenta, tierra, y todo lo que en ella hay: y el Señor Jehová, el Señor desde su santo templo sea testigo contra vosotros.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Écoutez, vous, tous les peuples; sois attentive, terre, et tout ce qui est en toi; et que le Seigneur, l’ Éternel, soit témoin contre vous, le Seigneur, du palais de sa sainteté!
German Elberfelder 1871	Höret, ihr Völker alle, merke auf, du Erde und ihre Fülle! Und der Herr, Jehova, sei zum Zeugen wider euch, der Herr aus seinem heiligen Palast!
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Audite, populi omnes, et attendat terra, et plenitudo ejus: et sit Dominus Deus vobis in testem, Dominus de templo sancto suo.