Back Miga Afrikaans سفر ميخا Arabic ܣܦܪܐ ܕܡܝܟܐ ARC سفر ميخا ARZ Micha (Buach) BAR Buku Mika BBC Кніга прарока Міхея Byelorussian Кніга прарока Міхея BE-X-OLD Книга на пророк Михей Bulgarian Levr Mic'ha Breton
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The Book of Micah (Hebrew: ספר מיכה) is one of the books of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament. Scholars believe it was written by Micah the prophet, about 700 years before Jesus was born.[1] Chapter 1 verse 5 says Micah was from Moresheth (a town in southern Judah). He lived during the reigns of Yehotam, Ahaz and Hezekiah, roughly 750–700 BC.
During this time, after a long period of peace, Israel, Judah, and the other nations of the region were threatened by the Neo-Assyrian empire. Micah warns that there would be a military defeat as punishment for worshiping idols and treating poor people badly by the powerful. This happened to the kingdom of Israel (Samaria) in 721 and to the kingdom of Judah (Jerusalem) about 100 years later. The book contains three cycles of warning about punishment and promise of restoration.
- ↑ Dr Bruce Waltke, IVP New Bible Commentary p 822