Book of Micah

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Neviim Old Testament book book of the Bible prophetic book

The Book of Micah is a prophetic book in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament that records the messages of the prophet Micah, including themes of divine judgment, social justice, and future restoration centered on Zion.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Micah 5:2 2

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Neviim ⓘ
Old Testament book ⓘ
book of the Bible ⓘ
prophetic book ⓘ
approximateDateOfProphet 8th century BCE ⓘ
associatedKingdom Kingdom of Judah ⓘ
canonicalStatus canonical in Christianity ⓘ
canonical in Judaism ⓘ
closingEmphasis God’s steadfast love and forgiveness ⓘ
closingVerseReference Micah 7:20 ⓘ
containsProphecyAgainst Jerusalem ⓘ
Samaria ⓘ
criticizesGroup priests ⓘ
prophets ⓘ
rulers ⓘ
wealthy landowners ⓘ
eschatologicalTheme nations streaming to Zion ⓘ
ethicalEmphasis condemnation of exploitation ⓘ
justice for the poor ⓘ
famousQuotation "He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?" ⓘ
genre poetry ⓘ
prophecy ⓘ
keyVerse Micah 6:8 ⓘ
language Biblical Hebrew ⓘ
majorTheme Zion ⓘ
corruption of leaders ⓘ
covenant faithfulness ⓘ
divine judgment ⓘ
future restoration ⓘ
hope for a remnant ⓘ
idolatry and its consequences ⓘ
social justice ⓘ
mentionsLocation Jerusalem ⓘ
Moresheth ⓘ
Samaria ⓘ
Zion ⓘ
messianicProphecy Book of Micah self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Micah 5:2
messianicTheme ruler from Bethlehem ⓘ
numberOfChapters 7 ⓘ
openingSuperscription "The word of the LORD that came to Micah of Moresheth" ⓘ
openingVerseReference Micah 1:1 ⓘ
parallelPassage Isaiah 2:2–4 ⓘ
partOf Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Bible ⓘ
surface form: Old Testament
positionInOldTestament one of the Minor Prophets ⓘ
positionInTanakh one of the Twelve Minor Prophets ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
structureFeature oracles of judgment ⓘ
oracles of salvation ⓘ
traditionallyAttributedTo Micah ⓘ
surface form: Micah the prophet

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Zion → appearsInBook → Book of Micah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Micah 5:2
The Twelve → hasPart → Book of Micah ⓘ
Miriam → mentionedIn → Book of Micah ⓘ
Book of Micah → messianicProphecy → Book of Micah self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Micah 5:2