Judgment on people who use religion as cover — and one of Scripture's clearest summaries of a good life.
Micah of Moresheth announces God's judgment: the LORD comes down from His heavenly temple, treading on mountain heights that melt like wax. Samaria will become a heap of ruins for her idolatry. Micah then traces the path of Assyrian invasion through Judean towns using elaborate wordplay on their names, grieving as the destruction approaches Jerusalem's very gate.
Micah was a rural prophet from Moresheth-Gath in the Judean foothills, contemporary with Isaiah but representing the peasant class rather than the urban establishment. He prophesied during the reigns of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah (ca. 735–700 BC). The Assyrian campaign of 701 BC under Sennacherib provides the likely military backdrop.
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