Micah 1:2

“Hear, all ye people, etc.] Or, “the people, all of them”f12; not all the nations of the world, but the nations of Israel, so called from their several tribes; though somef13 think the rest of the inhabitants of the earth are meant: thee are the same words which are used by Micaiah the prophet in the times of Ahab, long before this time, from whom they might be borrowed, (<112228>1 Kings 22:28). The phrase in the Hebrew language, as Aben Ezra observes, is very wonderful, and serves to strike the minds and excite the attention of men; it is like the words of a crier, in a court of judicature, calling for silence: hearken, O earth, and all that therein is; or, “its fulness”f14; the land of…”

“Hear, 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 fulfillment of this present message of God. Hearken, O earth, and all that therein is - The “peoples” or “nations” are never Judah and Israel only: the earth and the fullness thereof is the well-known title of the whole earth and all its…”

“O earth - This seems to be an appeal to the senseless creatures, or a summons to bring them in evidences for God against those kingdoms. Therein - Animate or inanimate creatures, all that are on the earth. Temple - Either from his temple at Jerusalem, or from heaven. Micah 1:3”

“1:2–2:13 This message of judgment introduces some of the major concerns of Micah’s prophecies and asserts God’s determination to judge his people and put them into exile (1:16; 2:4-5), but it concludes with the Lord’s assurance that he will rescue a remnant from exile (2:12-13). 1:2-7 This oracle concerns Samaria prior to 722 BC, when Samaria was destroyed and its people were deported. The Sovereign Lord was coming to judge his people. 1:2 Attention! translates the same word that introduces the Shema (“Listen!”) in Deut 6:4. • The holy Temple is the Lord’s heavenly abode, not the corrupt Temple in Jerusalem (Mic 1:2-3).”

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