Micah (KJV)
7 chapters · 105 verses. Choose a chapter to read it in the King James Version.
About the Book of Micah
Micah condemns social injustice and corrupt leadership while announcing both judgment and hope. It famously calls God's people to do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with their God, and foretells a ruler from Bethlehem.
- Genre
- Prophecy (minor)
- Author
- Traditionally attributed to the prophet Micah
- First audience
- Judah and Israel
How to read it: Read prophecy for its near and far horizons; hold its warnings and promises together as parts of one message.
It opens: “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 1:1)
Chapters
Key verses in Micah
The verses of Micah that the rest of Scripture cross-references most often.
Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
But they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor.
But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?