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# 📖 Micah
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> [[#📖 Summary of Book]]
> [[#📚 Genre]]
> [[#🙋♂️ Who is the Author]]
> [[#⌛️ When Was it Written]]
> [[#🧭 Theme Verse]]
> [[#🧭 Major Themes]]
> [[#📅 Outline of Book]]
> **[[#✍️ Chapter-by-Chapter Notes]]**
> [[#🙏 Devotional Reflections]]
> [[#📚 Further Study / Interesting Insights]]
## 📖 Summary of Book
> The Book of Micah presents God’s message of judgment and hope through a prophet who spoke against corruption and injustice in Judah and Israel. Micah condemned political leaders, religious officials, and wealthy landowners for exploiting the poor and perverting justice. He warned that Jerusalem would face destruction because of persistent sin. At the same time, he proclaimed future restoration through a coming Messiah and God’s enduring mercy.
#### 📚 Genre
- Prophetic Literature
- Minor Prophets
#### 🙋♂️ Who is the Author
- Micah of Moresheth
#### ⌛️ When Was it Written
- Approximately 735–700 BC (during the reigns of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah)
## 🧭 Theme Verse
> Micah 6:8 (NET)
> “He has told you, O man, what is good, and what the LORD really wants from you: He wants you to promote justice, to be faithful, and to live obediently before your God.”
## 🧭 Major Themes
• Social justice
• True worship
• God’s holiness
• Judgment and restoration
• Leadership accountability
• Messianic hope
• Covenant faithfulness
• Compassion for the poor
• Repentance
• God’s mercy
## 📅 Outline of Book
- 1:1–2:13 — Judgment on Israel and Judah
- Coming destruction
- Condemnation of oppression
- 3:1–5:15 — Leadership Failure and Future Hope
- Corrupt leaders
- Promise of Messiah
- Bethlehem prophecy
- 6:1–7:20 — God’s Lawsuit and Restoration
- Covenant lawsuit
- Call to repentance
- God’s forgiveness
## ✍️ Chapter-by-Chapter Notes
- [[Micah 01]]
- [[Micah 02]]
- [[Micah 03]]
- [[Micah 04]]
- [[Micah 05]]
- [[Micah 06]]
- [[Micah 07]]
## 🙏 Devotional Reflections
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## 📚 Further Study / Interesting Insights
**Further Study**.
1. Bruce K. Waltke, A Commentary on Micah
2. Daniel J. Simundson, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah (Abingdon OT Commentary)
3. David W. Baker, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah (Tyndale Old Testament Commentary)
**Interesting Insights**.
1. Micah was from a rural village, not Jerusalem.
2. He ministered at the same time as Isaiah.
3. Micah predicted Jerusalem’s destruction (Micah 3:12).
4. Micah foretold the Messiah’s birth in Bethlehem (Micah 5:2).
5. His prophecy influenced King Hezekiah’s reforms.
6. The book contains both judgment and comfort.
7. Micah uses courtroom imagery in chapter 6.
8. Jesus’ birthplace prophecy comes from Micah.
9. The name “Micah” means “Who is like the LORD?”
10. The book ends with a hymn of praise.
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