Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Micah+006   Micah 6 (ESV) What Does the Lord Require? 6 “With what shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before God on high? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? 7 Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Micah+005   Micah 5 (ESV) 2 But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient days. 3 Therefore he shall give them up until the time when…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Micah+004   Micah 4 (ESV) The Mountain of the Lord 1 It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and it shall be lifted up above the hills; and peoples shall flow to it, 2     and many nations…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Micah+003   Micah 3 (ESV) 9 Hear this, you heads of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who detest justice and make crooked all that is straight, 10 who build Zion with blood and Jerusalem with iniquity. 11 Its heads give judgment for a bribe; its priests teach for a…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Micah+002   Micah 2 (ESV) 6 “Do not preach”—thus they preach— “one should not preach of such things; disgrace will not overtake us.” 7 Should this be said, O house of Jacob? Has the Lord grown impatient? Are these his deeds? Do not my words do good to him who walks uprightly? 8 But lately my people have…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Micah+001   MICAH INTRODUCTION The prophet Micah speaks to the southern kingdom of Judah during the reigns of Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah (late 8th century BC). He foresees that Samaria and Jerusalem, the capital cities of Israel and Judah, will be destroyed because of their injustice and corrupt religion. The people…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Jonah+004   Jonah 4 (ESV) Jonah’s Anger and the Lord’s Compassion 4 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry. 2 And he prayed to the Lord and said, “O Lord, is not this what I said when I was yet in my country? That is why I made haste to flee to Tarshish; for I knew that you are a gracious…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Jonah+003   Jonah 3 (ESV) Jonah Goes to Nineveh 1 Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time, saying, 2 “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it the message that I tell you.” 3 So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Jonah+002   Jonah 2 (ESV) Jonah’s Prayer 1 Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the belly of the fish, 2 saying, “I called out to the Lord, out of my distress, and he answered me; out of the belly of Sheol I cried, and you heard my voice. 3 For you cast me into the deep,…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Jonah+001   JONAH INTRODUCTION The book relates how the word of the Lord came to Jonah, a prophet during the reign of Jeroboam II in the 8th century BC. It is unique among prophetic books in focusing on a story about a prophet rather than a collection of oracles. The book contains…