The Book of Micah (8th century)
by Owen Borville
Micah was a Judean Israelite prophet who lived during the last half of the 8th century an lived during the time of the prophets Isaiah, Amos, and Hosea. Micah preached to the people of Samaria, Jerusalem, and Judah against their unfaithfulness, but promised the restoration of Israel and the future Messiah, as interpreted by Micah 5:2.
The word of the Lord that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem. Micah 1:1.
Micah 1 Punishment for Samaria and Jerusalem
Micah 2 Warning of False Prophets and Restoration
12 I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of their fold: they shall make great noise by reason of the multitude of men. 13 The breaker is come up before them: they have broken up, and have passed through the gate, and are gone out by it: and their king shall pass before them, and the Lord on the head of them. Micah 2:12-13.
Micah 3 Israel Warned of Unfaithfulness
Micah 4 Mountain of the Lord: Israel Restoration
But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it. 2 And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. Micah 4:1-2.
Micah 5 Promised Ruler from Bethlehem
2 But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting. Micah 5:2.
Micah 6 Warning for Unfaithfulness
Micah 7 Misery and Restoration
18 Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy. 19 He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea. 20 Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old. MIcah 7:18-20.
by Owen Borville
Micah was a Judean Israelite prophet who lived during the last half of the 8th century an lived during the time of the prophets Isaiah, Amos, and Hosea. Micah preached to the people of Samaria, Jerusalem, and Judah against their unfaithfulness, but promised the restoration of Israel and the future Messiah, as interpreted by Micah 5:2.
The word of the Lord that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem. Micah 1:1.
Micah 1 Punishment for Samaria and Jerusalem
Micah 2 Warning of False Prophets and Restoration
12 I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of their fold: they shall make great noise by reason of the multitude of men. 13 The breaker is come up before them: they have broken up, and have passed through the gate, and are gone out by it: and their king shall pass before them, and the Lord on the head of them. Micah 2:12-13.
Micah 3 Israel Warned of Unfaithfulness
Micah 4 Mountain of the Lord: Israel Restoration
But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it. 2 And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. Micah 4:1-2.
Micah 5 Promised Ruler from Bethlehem
2 But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting. Micah 5:2.
Micah 6 Warning for Unfaithfulness
Micah 7 Misery and Restoration
18 Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy. 19 He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea. 20 Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old. MIcah 7:18-20.
