Micah

Family: Judah · Role: prophet · First appears: Jeremiah 26

Micah is a prophet of Judah who received God’s word concerning Samaria and Jerusalem “in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.” During Hezekiah’s reign, he proclaimed judgment but was not put to death, because Hezekiah feared God, sought Him, and turned from the threatened evil.

In Micah 3, God empowered Micah to declare Jacob’s transgression and Israel’s sin. God then commanded him to arise and contend before the mountains; bearing God’s indignation until He vindicated him and brought him into the light, Micah remained devoted to God: “Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.”

Relationship record

Life events

• Hezekiah feared God and sought Him, so Micah was not put to death for prophesying judgment.(Jeremiah 26)
  • With: Hezekiah God
  • “Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death? did he not fear the LORD, and besought the LORD, and the LORD repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them?”
• God reveals to Micah a prophecy concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.(Micah 1)
  • With: God
  • “The word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.”
• God empowers Micah to declare Jacob’s transgression and Israel’s sin.(Micah 3)
  • With: God
  • “But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.”
• God commands Micah to arise and contend before the mountains.(Micah 6)
  • With: God
  • “Hear ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.”
• Micah bears God’s indignation until God vindicates him and brings him into the light.(Micah 7)
  • With: God
  • “I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.”

Jeremiah 26

• with Hezekiah (Hezekiah spared Micah from execution.) “Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death? did he not fear the LORD, and besought the LORD, and the LORD repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them?”
• with Hezekiah (Hezekiah spared Micah rather than putting him to death.) “Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death? did he not fear the LORD, and besought the LORD, and the LORD repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them?”

Micah 1

• with God (God's word or oracle came to Micah.) “The word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.”

Micah 3

• with God (God empowers Micah through the spirit of the LORD.) “But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.”

Micah 6

• commander: God “Hear ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.”

Micah 7

• deity: God “Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.”

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Extracted from the original text of The Prophets. Made with Rho MD.