1. Micah spoke out against oppressive rulers and self-seeking prophets, and promised judgment for both (Micah 3).
2. In almost identical language, both Micah 4:1–3 and Isaiah 2:2–4 speak of the gospel going forth to all the nations.
3. Man’s duty to God is summed up in Micah 6:8—to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with God.
4. At the time of Micah’s prophecy, faithful men were virtually nonexistent (Mic. 7:2).
5. In Micah 7:18–19, we see the mercy of God in both pardoning and subduing the iniquity of His people (i.e. both justifying and sanctifying them).

In Micah, God is glorifying Himself through His uniqueness, so that He might demonstrate His superior goodness in the salvation sinners, the damnation of the wicked, and for the preservation of His people for His eternal glory, and their eternal joy.

The author identifies himself as Micah of Moresheth (Mic. 1:1; cf. Jer. 26:18). He was a contemporary of Isaiah, Amos, and Hosea.

Micah prophesied from the reign of Jotham (750–732 B.C.) to that of Hezekiah (716–687 B.C.).

“Hear, all you peoples!
Listen, O earth, and all that is in it!
Let the Lord GOD be a witness against you,
The Lord from His holy temple.”

Micah 1:2

“I will surely assemble all of you, O Jacob,
I will surely gather the remnant of Israel;
I will put them together like sheep of the fold,
Like a flock in the midst of their pasture;
They shall make a loud noise because of so many people.
The one who breaks open will come up before them;
They will break out,
Pass through the gate,
And go out by it;
Their king will pass before them,
With the Lord at their head.”

Micah 2:12–13

“Who is a God like You,
Pardoning iniquity
And passing over the transgression of the remnant of His heritage?
“He does not retain His anger forever,
Because He delights in mercy.
He will again have compassion on us,
And will subdue our iniquities.”

Micah 7:18–19

1. God is both perfectly just and perfectly merciful.
2. When God redeems a people, He casts their sins into the depths of the sea.
3. The God of the Bible is like no other god.
4. Someday, God will come and judge the nations.
5. God requires men to do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with Him.

1. The One who Breaks Open (Mic. 2:12–13)

   Some commentators interpret “the one who breaks open” as a ram with big horns that crashes through the gate and lets the sheep go free. This is symbolic of Jesus Christ. He is the one who breaks through the barrier and triumphantly leads His flock into the open pastures. Slaves of sin are set free (Rom. 6:7–18), and the devil’s works are destroyed (1 John 3:8).

2. The Ruler from Bethlehem (Mic. 5:2)

   The prophet Micah predicted that Christ would come out of Bethlehem (even the Jews recognized this in Jesus’ day, see Matt. 2:1–6; John 7:42). This Man, according to Micah, would be no ordinary man, but one “whose goings forth are from of old, from everlasting,” that is, God Himself.

1. Failure of Judah and Samaria (Mic. 1–3)
2. Restoration: The Future Glory and What God is Like (Mic. 4–5)
3. Micah’s Calls for Repentance (Mic. 6:1–7:6)
   1. His First Call to Repentance and His Reply (Mic. 6)
   2. His Second Call for Repentance and His Reply (Mic. 7:1–6)
4. The Promise of Restoration (Mic. 7:7–20)