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(640 – 609 BC) when Judah had its last bit of stability and prosperity
place during that period. While Micah dealt with the issues of common
political issues surrounding the nations. Within a few decades after his
prophecy, Josiah would be killed, Nineveh would fall and Babylon would
bow down and swear by the Lord and also swear by Molech” in 1:5)
and oppressive corruption (“her officials are roaring lions who leave
nothing for the morning” in 3:3). Even the religious establishment was
while the priests who were guardians of the temple profane it and
further developing the insights already paved out by Amos and Isaiah.
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It is a day of retribution for the wicked and vindication of the righteous.
It would be a day of darkness and gloom. Neither gold nor silver would
be able to protect sinners from the wrath of the Lord. The scale of
judgment is expanded to universal scale for “all who live in the earth”
(1:18). This theme on the ‘day of the Lord’ would be picked up by the
nations such as Philistia, Moab, Ammon, Cush, Assyria and even Israel
herself. These oracles were not addressed for a foreign audience but
Yahweh is not a localized deity. He rules over all nations in the ebb and
flow of history.
good or bad” (1:12). As a result, the curses of the covenant would fall
awaken the people from slumber by calling for repentance: “Seek the
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Lord… Seek righteousness, seek humility, perhaps you will be
positive note: The faithful remnant would be refined through the fire
and emerge as the restored people (2:7), meek and humble who trust
in the name of the Lord (3:12) and deliver them with rejoicing (3:17).
There is a promise that the Lord will give his people honor and praise
among all the peoples of the earth when He restores their fortunes
(3:20). The proud He will cast down but He will lift up the lowly and
humble.