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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 (2Ch_18:7, &c.); it is used in Jer_26:18 (in the Heb). Compare Mic_7:18.
Morasthite: Mareshah (Mic_1:15) or Moresheth-gath (Mic_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 Isa_1:1. Oba_1:1. Nah_1:1.
concerning, &c. This furnishes the subject.