Matthew Henry Commentary Micah 1:1-7

"The word of Jehovah that came to Micah the Morashtite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem. Hear, ye peoples, all of you: hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord Jehovah be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple. For, behold, Jehovah cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth. And the mountains shall be melted under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, as waters that are poured down a steep place. For the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? is it not Samaria? and what are the high places of Judah? are they not Jerusalem? Therefore I will make Samaria as a heap of the field, [and] as places for planting vineyards; and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will uncover the foundations thereof. And all her graven images shall be beaten to pieces, and all her hires shall be burned with fire, and all her idols will I lay desolate; for of the hire of a harlot hath she gathered them, and unto the hire of a harlot shall they return." — Micah 1:1-7 (ASV)

The earth is called upon, with all that are within it, to hear the prophet. God's holy temple will not protect false professors. Neither men of high status, like the mountains, nor men of low status, like the valleys, can secure themselves or the land from the judgments of God.

If sin is found in God's people, He will not spare them. Their sins are especially provoking to Him, for they bring the most reproach. When we feel the sting of sin, it is fitting for us to identify the sin for which we are suffering.

Persons and places most exalted are most exposed to spiritual diseases. The vices of leaders and rulers will be certainly and severely punished. The punishment corresponds to the sin.

What they gave to idols will never prosper, nor do them any good. What is gained by one lust is wasted on another.