Hear the LORD’s case
Micah 7
20 verses≈ 4 minBSB
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Where we are
- 1–2Hear, you peoplesSamaria falls, Judah mourns, a remnant gathered
- 3–5Hear, you leadersZion plowed; then the mountain raised and a Ruler from Bethlehem
- 6–7Hear the LORD’s caseWhat He requires, and who is a God like HimChapter 7
Israel’s Great Misery
Woe is me!
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Micah
For I am like one gathering summer fruit
at the gleaning of the vineyard;
there is no cluster to eat,
no early fig that I crave.
The godly man has perished from the earth;
there is no one upright among men.
They all lie in wait for blood;
they hunt one another with a net.
Both hands are skilled at evil;
the prince and the judge demand a bribe.
When the powerful utters his evil desire,
they all conspire together.
Micah
The best of them is like a brier;
the most upright is sharper than a hedge of thorns.
The day for your watchmen has come,
the day of your visitation.
Now is the time of their confusion.
Do not rely on a friend;
do not trust in a companion.
Seal the doors of your mouth
from her who lies in your arms.
For a son dishonors his father,
a daughter rises against her mother,
and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
A man’s enemies are the members
of his own household.
Reflect
Reflect
Micah looked around and found no one he could trust. Then he said, “But as for me, I will look to the LORD”. What would it mean for you to say that today, about the people or the place that has let you down?
Israel’s Confession and Comfort
But as for me, I will look to the LORD;
I will wait for the God of my salvation.
My God will hear me.
Micah 7:7
Because I have sinned against Him,
I must endure the rage of the LORD,
until He argues my case
and executes justice for me.
He will bring me into the light;
I will see His righteousness.
Then my enemy will see
and will be covered with shame—
she who said to me,
“Where is the LORD your God?”
My eyes will see her;
at that time she will be trampled
like mud in the streets.
Micah
The day for rebuilding your walls will come—
the day for extending your boundary.
On that day they will come to you
from Assyria and the cities of Egypt,
even from Egypt to the Euphrates,
from sea to sea and mountain to mountain.
Then the earth will become desolate
because of its inhabitants,
as the fruit of their deeds.
God’s Compassion on Israel
Shepherd with Your staff Your people,
the flock of Your inheritance.
They live alone in a woodland,
surrounded by pastures.
Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead,
as in the days of old.
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Narrated by Bob Souer · BSB audio, public domain
As in the days when you came out of Egypt,
I will show My wonders.
Nations will see and be ashamed,
deprived of all their might.
They will put their hands over their mouths,
and their ears will become deaf.
They will lick the dust like a snake,
like reptiles slithering on the ground.
They will come trembling from their strongholds
in the presence of the LORD our God;
they will tremble in fear of You.
Who is a God like You,
who pardons iniquity
and passes over the transgression
of the remnant of His inheritance—
who does not retain His anger forever,
because He delights in loving devotion?
Micah 7:18
He will again have compassion on us;
He will vanquish our iniquities.
You will cast out all our sins
into the depths of the sea.
Micah
You will show faithfulness to Jacob
and loving devotion to Abraham,
as You swore to our fathers
from the days of old.
Question
Quick question
Micah’s name means ‘Who is like the LORD?’ Look again at verse 18 before you answer.
Where does the book turn Micah’s own name into praise?
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A verse to carry with you
Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?
Micah 7:18
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