Old Testament · 7 chapters
Micah
- No. 121 Micah 6:1-16
Micah was a prophet from a country town in Judah in the eighth century BC, and this chapter is written as a courtroom scene. God summons the mountains and the enduring foundations of the earth to serve as the...
- No. 340 Micah 3:1-12
Micah unleashes one of the fiercest oracles in the prophets, and it is aimed squarely at the people in charge, the rulers, the priests, and the prophets of Jerusalem. His language about the rulers is violent...
- No. 1175 Micah 5:1-15
In the middle of a book full of judgment, Micah drops one of the clear prophecies of the Messiah. Israel is under siege, its ruler humiliated, and then: but you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, small among the clans of...
- No. 2312 Micah 1:1-16
Micah opens his prophecy with a vision of God coming down in judgment, the mountains melting under him, the valleys splitting, because of the sins of Israel and Judah. But when he comes to deliver this word of...
- No. 2942 Micah 7:1-20
Micah opens in near despair over a society coming apart. The godly have vanished from the land; everyone lies in wait for blood; you cannot trust a neighbor, a friend, even someone in your own household. It is...
- No. 3213 Micah 4:1-13
Micah sees a vision of the last days: the mountain of the LORD's house lifted up above the hills, and the nations streaming to it, saying, come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, that he may teach us...
- No. 3987 Micah 2:1-13
Micah pronounces woe on those who lie awake at night devising evil and rise in the morning to carry it out, simply because it is in their power to do so. They covet fields and seize them, covet houses and take...