Micah 1:1

The word of the LORD. The only occurrence of this expression in this book: bidding us to receive it from Jehovah, not Micah, and to note Micah's pen but Jehovah's words.

the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4 .

Micah = Who is like Jehovah? An abbreviated form of Micaiah (2 Chronicles 18:7 , &c.); it is used in Jeremiah 26:18 (in the Heb). Compare Micah 7:18 .

Morasthite: Mareshah (Micah 1:15 ) or Moresheth-gath (Micah 1:14 ); now Tel Sandahanna, in the Shephelah, or plain, between Judea and Philistia. In the excavations at Sandahanna the ancient name is seen as Marissa. Marissa was a Sidonian colony (cent. 3 B. C), and was afterward used as the capital of' Idumea by the Edomites during the captivity of Judah (see Records of the Past, vol. iv, part x, pp. 291-306).

which he saw. Compare Isaiah 1:1 .Obadiah 1:1 .Nahum 1:1 .

concerning, &c. This furnishes the subject.