Micah 1:1-6 WEB

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Micah 1:6

Israel’s capital, Samaria, stood atop a mountain, but Yahweh said He would make it a pile of ruins in a field. That is, He would both destroy and humiliate it. It would become a rural rather than an urban place, suitable for planting vineyards. He would topple the stones of its buildings into the valley below and expose their foundations by destroying their superstructures. The fulfillment came with the Assyrian overthrow of Samaria in 722 B.C. Even today the foundations of Samaria’s buildings... 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 1:1

(1) Micah the Morasthite.—Unlike Joel, who identifies himself by his father’s name, Micah introduces his personality with reference to his native village, Moresheth-gath, which was situated in the lowland district of Judah. The name—a shortened form of Micaiah, meaning “Who is like Jehovah”—was not an uncommon one among the Jews, but it was chiefly famous in times prior to the prophet, through Micaiah, the son of Imlah, who, about 150 years previously, had withstood Ahab and his false... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Micah 1:2

(2) Hear, all ye people.—The three-fold repetition of the appeal, “Hear ye,” seems to mark three divisions in the book: 1. “Hear, all ye people” (Micah 1:2); 2. “Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob” (Micah 3:1); 3. Hear ye now what the Lord saith” (Micah 6:1).From his holy temple—i.e., from heaven; for “the Lord is in His holy temple, the Lord’s throne is in heaven” (Psalms 11:4).Micaiah, the son of Imlah, ended his appeal to Ahab and Jehoshaphat with the words with which Micah opens his... 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

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Micah 1:5

(5) The transgression of Jacob . . . the sins of the house of Israel.—The corruption of the country came from the capital cities. Samaria, on her hill, set an example of idolatry, drunkenness, and all the evils of a most profligate society; and even Jerusalem, the city “set on an hill,” gave a home in the Temple of Jehovah to heathen deities. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Micah 1:6

(6) Samaria as an heap of the field.—Samaria was to be reduced to what it had been before the days of Ahab; the palatial city of the kings of the northern kingdom should return to the normal condition of a vineyard, which it had before Shemer sold it to Omri. The fruitfulness of its vines suggests one cause of its ruin. “Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine”... 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

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Micah 1:1-16

Analysis and Annotation THE FIRST PROPHETIC MESSAGE CHAPTER 1 1. The introduction (Micah 1:1 ) 2. Judgment announced (Micah 1:2-5 ) 3. The destruction of Samaria (Micah 1:6-7 ) 4. The lamentation of the prophet over the coming judgment (Micah 1:8-16 ) Micah 1:1 . This introduction tells us two things. In the first place, we learn that this book contains the word of the Lord that came to Micah, the Morasthite; in the second place, we are told when Micah exercised his office. As stated... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Micah 1:1

1:1 The word of the LORD that came to Micah the {a} Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, [and] Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.(a) Born in Mareshah, a city of Judah. read more

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Micah 1:6

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

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

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Micah 1:2

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

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Micah 1:5

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Micah 1:6

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

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Micah 1:1-16

Geneva Study Bible - Micah 1:1

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