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 1 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 […]