Old Testament · Minor Prophets
Micah
Micah moves between judgment on Samaria and Jerusalem and promises of a ruler to come from Bethlehem. He asks what the Lord requires: to do justice, love kindness and walk humbly with God.
- Authorship
- Attributed to Micah of Moresheth.
- Historical setting
- Judah and Israel in the eighth century, contemporary with Isaiah.
- Key themes
- Justice · Leaders held to account · A ruler from Bethlehem · Mercy
- Where it sits in the story
- The prophecy the scribes cite when Herod asks where the Christ is to be born.
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