Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
GOD'S WRATH AGAINST SAMARIA AND JUDAH; THE FORMER IS TO BE OVERTHROWN; SUCH JUDGMENTS IN PROSPECT CALL FOR MOURNING. (Mic. 1:1-16)
all that therein is—Hebrew, "whatever fills it." Micaiah, son of Imlah, begins his prophecy similarly, "Hearken, O people, every one of you." Micah designedly uses the same preface, implying that his ministrations are a continuation of his predecessor's of the same name. Both probably had before their mind Moses' similar attestation of heaven and earth in a like case (Deuteronomy 31:28; Deuteronomy 32:1; compare Isaiah 1:2).
God be witness against you—namely, that none of you can say, when the time of your punishment shall come, that you were not forewarned. The punishment denounced is stated in Micah 1:3, etc.
from his holy temple—that is, heaven (I Kings 8:30; Psalms 11:4; Jonah 2:7; compare Romans 1:18).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Micah 1:2:
Micah 6:1
Habakkuk 2:20
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