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  COMMENTARY ON MICAH 1-7
  by Chuck Smith
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Shall we turn now to the book of Micah.

As is the very typical opening of most of the books of the prophets,

The word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of
Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, the kings of Judah, which he saw concerning
Samaria and Jerusalem (Mic 1:1).

So he introduces himself Micah; the city from which he hailed,
Morasthite; the time of his prophecy, it is about the same time that
Isaiah was prophesying. He was a contemporary to Isaiah.

As we go back in the history of II Kings and we look at Ahaz. He was one
of the bad kings of the Southern Kingdom of Judah and he did not that
which was right in the sight of the Lord, but he established high places
for the worship of the false gods in Jerusalem. Hezekiah was a good
king, instituted reforms when he came to the throne.

Now, prophesying during this period of time would mean that he was
prophesying during the time that the Northern Kingdom of Israel fell to
the Assyrians. The Assyrians having conquered the Northern Kingdom then
invaded the Southern Kingdom at the time of Hezekiah and, of course,
were defeated by the work of the Lord, the intervention of God. So the
time that Samaria and the Northern Kingdom of Israel fell. So his
prophecy is against Samaria and also against Jerusalem.

Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that is therein: and let
the Lord GOD be the witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple
(Mic 1:2).

So his calling unto the people now to hear God\

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