Micheas

7 chapters

Chapter summaries

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1. 1Samaria and all the ten tribes shall be brought into captivity by the Assyrians. 9. The two tribes shall also be invaded and spoiled, even near to Jerusalem.
2. 2By their great injustice, 7. notwithstanding their vain presumption of God's mercy; whereto he is indeed most prone, 8. the Israelites through their excessive rapine, provoke God to punish them. 12. yet when Christ shall come some Jews will serve him; and many more in the end of the world.
3. 3For the sins of the rich oppressing the poor, 5. of false prophets flattering for lucre, 9. and of judges perverting justice, 12. Jerusalem, and the temple shall be destroyed.
4. 4Many Gentiles shall believe in Christ: 6. and lastly the multitude of Jews. 8. In the meantime the two tribes shall be carried into captivity, and be delivered again.
5. 5Jerusalem shall be besieged and taken (2. Christ shall be born in Bethlehem) 3. the Jews shall not be wholly rejected, until the Gentiles begin to embrace the true faith. 4. Which shall be spread in the whole world, 8. pure from idolatry, 14. and the incredulous punished.
6. 6God expostulateth with the chief of the Jews, 3. and with the whole people, their ingratitude, for his singular benefits: 6. who is not pacified with sacrifices, 8. but by doing justice. 9. which they not doing, 13. shall be afflicted by their enemies.
7. 7The prophet lamenteth, that for all his preaching few are good, and many corrupt in manners: 5. therefore their miseries approach: 7. from which they shall be again delivered, 14. and prosper, 20. and all mankind shall be redeemed by Christ.