Book of Micah

Minor Prophets

Traditionally Micah

Traditionally dated c. 735–700 BC

Justice, mercy, and the ruler from Bethlehem.

Micah exposes the exploitation of the poor by rulers, summarizes God's true requirements ('to do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly'), and predicts the birthplace of the Messiah.

“Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance — who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?”

“I will cut the sorceries from your hand, and you will have no fortune-tellers.”

“But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.”

“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come forth for Me One to be ruler over Israel — One whose origins are of old, from the days of eternity.”

“He will again have compassion on us; He will vanquish our iniquities. You will cast out all our sins into the depths of the sea.”