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Micah 7:18 “Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in steadfast love.” If not for the truth of this verse think what the message of all the prophets would…

Micah 7:7 “But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me.” This verse comes at the end of a six verse lament over the state of wickedness in the world. The prophet, like Elijah, sees…

Micah 6:8 “He has told you O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?” The prophet asks the rhetorical question for the people of Israel, “With what shall I come…

Micah 5:10 “And in that day, declares the LORD, I will cut off your horses from among you and will destroy your chariots;” Here’s the answer to those who trust in chariots and horses. It is among a long list of things that God will cut off and destroy. Those…

Micah 5:2 “But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose coming forth is from of Old, from ancient of days.” No doubt one of the prominent…

Micah 4:4 “but they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree and no one shall make them afraid, for the mouth of the LORD of hosts has spoken.” What a beautiful picture. Words spoken to a land always in turmoil, always at war with other…

Micah 4:2 “…and many nations shall come, and say: ‘Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob, that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths. For out of Zion shall go forth…

Micah 4:1 “It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and it shall be lifted up above the hills; and people shall flow into it,” The beginning of Micah’s prophecy of…

Micah 3:1 “And I said: Hear, you heads of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel! Is it not for you to know justice?—“ This is a basic theme of the prophets. At the root of Jacob and Israel’s disobedience was their failure to do the right thing concerning…

Micah Micah 2:6 “’Do not preach’ –thus they preach—‘one should not preach of such things; disgrace will overtake us.’” Who wants to hear bad news? People often say to the preacher, “You stepped on my toes, today, Preacher.” Prophets who brought bad news were not welcomed for the most part.…