Micah 1:2

Context1:2 Listen, all you nations! 1
Pay attention, all inhabitants of earth! 2
The sovereign Lord will testify 3 against you;
the Lord will accuse you 4 from his majestic palace. 5
Micah 6:9
Context6:9 Listen! The Lord is calling 6 to the city!
It is wise to respect your authority, O Lord! 7
Listen, O nation, and those assembled in the city! 8
1 tn Heb “O peoples, all of them.”
2 tn Heb “O earth and all its fullness”; KJV “and all that therein is.”
3 tn Heb “May the sovereign
4 tn Heb “the
5 tn Or “his holy temple” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT). This refers to the Lord’s dwelling in heaven, however, rather than the temple in Jerusalem (note the following verse, which describes a theophany).
6 tn Or “the voice of the
7 tn Heb “one who sees your name is wisdom.” It is probably better to emend יִרְאֶה (yir’eh, “he sees”) to יִרְאָה (yir’ah, “fearing”). One may then translate, “fearing your name is wisdom.” The
8 tn Heb (apparently) “Listen [to] the staff and the one who appointed it.” Verse 10 then begins with עוֹד (yod, “still” or “again”). The translation assumes an emendation to שִׁמְעוּ מַטֶּה וּמוֹעֵד הָעִיר (shim’u matteh umo’ed ha’ir, “listen, O tribe and the assembly of the city”).