11 The word of the Lord which came to Micah of Moresheth in the days of Jotham , Ahaz and Hezekiah , kings of Judah , which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem . 2 Hear , O peoples , all of [1]you; Listen , O earth and [2]all it contains , And let the Lord [3]GOD be a witness against you, The Lord from His holy temple . 3 For behold , the Lord is coming forth from His place . He will come down and tread on the high places of the [4]earth . 4 The mountains will melt under Him And the valleys will be split , Like wax before e the fire , Like water poured down a steep place . 5 All this is for the rebellion of Jacob And for the sins of the house of Israel . What is the rebellion of Jacob ? Is it not Samaria ? What is the high [5]place of Judah ? Is it not Jerusalem ? 6 For I will make Samaria a heap of ruins [6]in the open country , Planting places for a vineyard . I will pour her stones down into the valley And will lay bare her foundations . 7 All of her idols will be smashed , All of her earnings will be burned with fire And all of her images I will make desolate , For she collected them from a harlot's earnings , And to the earnings of a harlot they will return .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Micah 1:1-7
Commentary on Micah 1:1-7
(Read 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 smart of sin, it behoves us to seek what is the sin we smart for. Persons and places most exalted, are most exposed to spiritual diseases. The vices of leaders and rulers shall be surely and sorely punished. The punishment answers the sin. What they gave to idols, never shall prosper, nor do them any good. What is got by one lust, is wasted on another.