Micah 1:4 NIV

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Micah 1:4

the mountains, &c. This verse foretells the calamities of 2 Kings 17:0 and 25. read more

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Micah 1:4

"And the mountains shall be melted under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, as waters that are poured down a steep place."The geophysical disturbance of the whole earth is repeatedly mentioned in both the Old Testament and the New Testament as accompaniments of the final judgment day. See Revelation 6:14ff, 11:19,16:17-21, etc. The mention of such phenomena here definitely indicated that the judgment about to be executed against Samaria and Jerusalem is typical of that... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Micah 1:4

Micah 1:4. The valleys shall be cleft— Shall be dissolved like water, &c. Houbigant. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Micah 1:4

4. Imagery from earthquakes and volcanic agency, to describe the terrors which attend Jehovah's coming in judgment (compare Judges 5:5). Neither men of high degree, as the mountains, nor men of low degree, as the valleys, can secure themselves or their land from the judgments of God. as wax— (Judges 5:5- :; compare Judges 5:5- :). The third clause, "as wax," c., answers to the first in the parallelism, "the mountains shall be molten" the fourth, "as the waters," c., to the second, "the valleys... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Micah 1:2-7

A. The judgment coming on Israel 1:2-7This opening pericope sets the tone and forms the backdrop for the rest of the book. All people were to hear God’s indictment against His people (Micah 1:2). Punishment was coming (Micah 1:3-4) that would be both reasonable (Micah 1:5) and certain (Micah 1:6-7). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Micah 1:2-13

II. THE FIRST ORACLE: ISRAEL’S IMPENDING JUDGMENT AND FUTURE RESTORATION 1:2-2:13This is the first of three messages that compose the Book of Micah (cf. chs. 3-5; 6-7). Each of these messages gives evidence of containing other messages that Micah evidently preached and then compiled into the canonical form in which we have them. Each of the three main messages begins with the same imperative (Heb. shm’), translated "Hear" (cf. Deuteronomy 6:4). In each one, promises of restoration follow... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Micah 1:3-4

The Lord was about to intervene in the affairs of His people. He is not only transcendent above all but immanently involved in the world, one of the most basic revelations in Old Testament theology. When He came, all the earth would melt, split, and quake before His awesome power (cf. Judges 5:4-5). Since He could affect the physical creation so drastically, His people needed to fear Him. Treading on the high places of the land, where the Israelites worshipped in idolatry (cf. 2 Chronicles... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 1:1-16

Judgment on Samaria and JudahSargon destroyed Samaria, the capital of North Israel, 722 or 721. Micah, about 720 b.c., declaring (Micah 1:6) that Samaria’s fall has been due to its sin, announces a like fate for Jerusalem, guilty of a like sin (Micah 1:9). To the prophet this ruin of the people is not like that of the other nations Assyria has destroyed. Since God is manifesting Himself in it, Micah summons the nations to witness the event (Micah 1:2-4). The scourge will fall most heavily on... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Micah 1:4

(4) The mountains shall be molten.—The manifestations of the presence of God are taken from the description of the giving of the Law, when “the hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth” (Psalms 97:5). Dean Stanley refers the imagery to the memorable earthquake mentioned in Amos 1:1 :—“Mountains and valleys are cleft asunder, and melt as in a furnace; the earth heaving like the rising waters of the Nile; the sea bursting over the land; the... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Micah 1:1-16

MICAH THE MORASTHITEMicah 1:1-16SOME time in the reign of Hezekiah, when the kingdom of Judah was still inviolate, but shivering to the shock of the fall of Samaria, and probably while Sargon the destroyer was pushing his way past Judah to meet Egypt at Raphia, a Judean prophet of the name of Micah, standing in sight of the Assyrian march, attacked the sins of his people and prophesied their speedy overthrow beneath the same flood of war. If we be correct in our surmise, the exact year was... read more

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Micah 1:4

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Micah 1:4

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Micah 1:4

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Micah 1:4

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Micah 1:2-7

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Micah 1:2-13

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Micah 1:3-4

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 1:1-16

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Micah 1:4

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Micah 1:1-16

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