OUTLINE OF CONTENTS

1

• Judgment against Samaria and Judah (1-16)

  • Sins and revolt cause the problems (5)

2

• Woe to the oppressors! (1-11)

• Israel regathered into unity (12, 13)

  • The land to be noisy with people (12)

3

• Leaders and prophets denounced (1-12)

  • Micah filled with power by Jehovah’s spirit (8)

  • Priests instruct for money (11)

  • Jerusalem to be heaps of ruins (12)

4

• Jehovah’s mountain elevated (1-5)

  • Swords into plowshares (3)

  • ‘We will walk in Jehovah’s name’ (5)

• Restored Zion to be made strong (6-13)

5

• A ruler to be great in all the earth (1-6)

  • The ruler to come from Bethlehem (2)

• A remnant to be like dew and like a lion (7-9)

• The land to be cleansed (10-15)

6

• God’s legal case against Israel (1-5)

• What does Jehovah require? (6-8)

  • Justice, loyalty, modesty (8)

• Israel’s guilt and punishment (9-16)

7

• Israel’s bad moral condition (1-6)

  • Enemies from one’s own house (6)

• “I will show a waiting attitude” (7)

• God’s people vindicated (8-13)

• Micah’s prayer and praise to God (14-20)

  • Jehovah’s answer (15-17)

  • ‘Who is a God like Jehovah?’ (18)