Old Testament · Book 33 of 66
Micah
A prophet of rural Moresheth — contemporary of Isaiah — preaching judgment on Jerusalem and Samaria. Bethlehem named as Messiah's birthplace. And the Bible's clearest summary of what the LORD requires.
- 7Chapters
- 8th c. BCContemporary with Isaiah
- BethlehemNamed for Messiah (5:2)
“He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?”
Structure
Section pages
Each section is one focused part of Micah — purpose, key movements, key verses, Christ-in-this-section. Roughly five minutes each.
Themes
Justice, mercy, humility: ‘He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?’ (6:8).
Bethlehem named: ‘But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah … out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel’ (5:2) — cited in Matt 2:6.
If you only read a few chapters
Featured studies in this book
The gold numeral is how many passages of Micah each study touches — the brighter the border, the deeper it reaches here.
Where Micah leads
1,304 cross-references flow out of its 5 heaviest chapters · 8 words are distinctively its own · 2 featured studies cite it.
Counted live from the reference floor (heaviest chapter pairs · tagged word floor · featured-page citations).