Micah 1:2

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.

Cross-reference

Micah 6:2 Parallel

Micah 6:2 similarly calls the earth to hear the Lord's controversy, deepening the parallel legal imagery.

Micah 6:1 Parallel

Micah 6:1 repeats the call to 'Hear' and the legal summons, reinforcing the covenant lawsuit theme within the same book.

Jeremiah 22:29 cries 'O earth, hear the word of the LORD', directly echoing Micah's charge to the earth.

Revelation 2:7 Related theme

In Revelation 2:7, the command to hear the Spirit echoes Micah's summons to all peoples and the earth to listen to God's witness.

Malachi 3:5 Parallel

Malachi 3:5 depicts God as a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers, directly paralleling Micah's witness against the people.

Habakkuk 2:20 declares 'the Lord is in his holy temple; let all earth keep silence' — a direct parallel to Micah's call and temple imagery.

Jeremiah 29:23 also has God as a witness against sin, specifically false prophets and adulterers, echoing the same divine role.

Isaiah 1:2 Parallel

Isaiah 1:2 commands 'Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth' — the same paired address as Micah's appeal.

Psalm 50:7 Parallel

In Psalm 50:7, God calls his people to hear as he testifies against them, using the same courtroom imagery.

Psalm 50:1 Parallel

Psalm 50:1 has God summoning the earth, paralleling Micah's call for the Lord to witness from his temple.

Psalm 49:1 Parallel

Psalm 49:1 opens with 'Hear this, all peoples' — nearly identical wording to Micah's universal summons.

Psalm 11:4 Allusion

Psalm 11:4 states 'The Lord is in his holy temple' and sees all, mirroring Micah's image of God from his temple as witness.

Deuteronomy 32:1 invokes heavens and earth as witnesses, the same cosmic call Micah uses for God's testimony.

Genesis 31:50 has Laban saying 'God is witness between you and me,' using the same witness language for covenantal fidelity.

In Jeremiah 42:5, the people invoke the LORD as 'a true and faithful witness against us' — directly echoing the witness language of Micah 1:2.

Deuteronomy 4:26 calls heaven and earth as witnesses against Israel, similar to Micah's summoning of earth and God as witness.

Malachi 2:14 describes God as a witness between a man and his wife, applying the same witness concept to marital covenant.

Psalm 50:12 Related theme

Psalm 50:12 asserts God's ownership of the world and all in it, grounding the authority of Micah's call for the earth to hear.

Psalm 24:1 Related theme

Psalm 24:1 declares the earth and its fullness belong to God, reinforcing the basis for Micah's summons to the earth as witness.

Mark 7:14 Allusion

Mark 7:14 has Jesus say 'Hear me, all of you' — a NT echo of Micah's universal call to listen.