Matthew Poole and continuators on Micah 1:2

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 .

The Prophet here by Proclamation requires earnest attention to his word. So Moses Deut. 4.26. and 30.19. and 32.1. So the Psalmist, Psal. 50.1, 4. and so Isa. 1.2. and 34.1.

Either all the people of both Kingdoms, all Israel and Judah, or else universally all people of all Kingdoms whatever both of that present Age and all of future Ages.

It may be taken for the meaner sort of People, the Commonalty, but I rather incline to interpret it as both a tacit reproof of the deafness of this sinful, and hardned People, with whom Micah now contends, and an Appeal to the senseless Creatures, or a Summons to bring them in Evidences for God against those Kingdoms.

animate or inanimate Creatures, all that are on the Earth: If we interpret Earth for the meaner sort of People, then this fulness of the Earth will be the whole multitude of the People. It is a lofty strain, such as those of Moses, Deut. 32.1. David, Psal. 50.1. Isaiah, chap. 1.1, 2. and Ieremiah, chap. 6.19.

The mighty, holy, gracious and faithful God, Lord of Heaven and Earth; who knows all your wayes, who is a just Judge, and a severe Avenger of obdurate sinners.

By his Word, the voice of his Law, by his Prophets whom he hath sent, by the Judgments he doth execute according to his Menaces, as by his Sovereignty, he is supream Judge, so by his Omniscience and Truth he is an authentick witness against you O house of Jacob.

Either from his Temple at Jerusalem, or else from Heaven, as Psal. 11.4. and Hab. 2.20.

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