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.”

"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
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What does Micah 1:2 mean?

Micah 1:2 (KJV) states, "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." The book of Micah is one of the twelve minor prophets in the Old Testament. It is believed to have been written…

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The Divine Call: A Witness from Above

As we turn our attention to Micah 1:2, the verse begins with a solemn call: "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." This passage invites all of us—every person, every creature…

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A Prayer of Humble Reverence and Divine Awareness

O Great and Eternal God, who reigns from Your holy temple and rules with a mighty hand, I come before You today with a heart full of reverence and awe. Your Word reminds us in Micah 1:2, "Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord GOD be…

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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 5:2-5
Micah 2:1 - "Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand."
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 2:1-2 - "Woe to those who plan iniquity, to those who plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they carry it out because it is in their power to do it. They covet fields and seize them, and houses, and take them. They defraud people of their homes, they rob them of their inheritance."
Judges 17:1 - "And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah."
1 Chronicles 8:35 - "And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and Ahaz."
1 Chronicles 9:41 - "And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea, and Ahaz."
Micah 2:6 - "Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame."
1 Chronicles 9:40 - "And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal: and Merib-baal begat Micah."
Micah 2:5 - "Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord by lot in the congregation of the LORD."
"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 1:1
1 Chronicles 8:34 - "And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal; and Merib-baal begat Micah."
Micah 2:2 - "And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage."
1 Chronicles 5:5 - "Micah his son, Reaia his son, Baal his son,"
Micah 2:10 - "Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction."
1 Chronicles 9:15 - "And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph;"
Micah 1:10 - "¶ Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust."
"Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand." - Micah 2:1
Micah 1:14 - "Therefore shalt thou give presents to Moresheth-gath: the houses of Achzib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel."
Micah 1:12 - "For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem."
Micah 1:9 - "For her wound is incurable; for it is come unto Judah; he is come unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem."
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."
2 Chronicles 34:20 - "And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king's, saying,"
"And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah." - Judges 17:1
Micah 1:8 - "Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls."
Micah 6:2 - "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."
Micah 1:5 - "For the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? is it not Samaria? and what are the high places of Judah? are they not Jerusalem?"
Micah 3:1 - "And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment?"