MICAH
THE LEGACY BIBLE OUTLINE SERIES
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For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line…
(Isaiah 28:10, KJV)
...His word burns in my heart like a fire. It's like a fire in my bones!...
(Jeremiah 20:9, NLT)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page Number
Introduction To The Book Of Micah 4
Outline Of The Book Of Micah
Micah 1 5
Micah 2 8
Micah 3 10
Micah 4 13
Micah 5 15
Micah 6 18
Micah 7 20
Supplemental Studies 24
INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF MICAH
AUTHOR: Micah, meaning "who is like Jehovah".
TO WHOM: Israel and Judah.
PURPOSE: A call to repentance to avoid judgment.
KEY VERSE: He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? (Micah 6:8)
LIFE AND MINISTRY PRINCIPLE: God judges His people and those who oppress His people.
MAIN CHARACTER: Micah.
A BRIEF OUTLINE:
Three words can help you remember the structure of the book of Micah:
-OUTWARD: His public sermons compose chapters l-6
-INWARD: His personal thoughts are recorded in 7:l-6
-UPWARD: His confession of faith is recorded in 7:7-20
QUESTIONS ON THE INTRODUCTION:
1. Who wrote the book?
2. To whom is the book written?
3. What is the purpose of the book?
4. What is the key verse?
5. What is the life and ministry principle of this book?
6. Who is the main character?
7. Give a brief outline of the book.
OUTLINE OF THE BOOK OF MALACHI
Micah 1
1 The word of the Lord that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
2 Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord God be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.
3 For, behold, the Lord cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.
4 And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place.
5 For the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? is it not Samaria? and what are the high places of Judah? are they not Jerusalem?
6 Therefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the field, and as plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof.
7 And all the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces, and all the hires thereof shall be burned with the fire, and all the idols thereof will I lay desolate: for she gathered it of the hire of an harlot, and they shall return to the hire of an harlot.
8 Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.
9 For her wound is incurable; for it is come unto Judah; he is come unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.
10 Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust.
11 Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir, having thy shame naked: the inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth in the mourning of Beth-ezel; he shall receive of you his standing.
12 For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the Lord unto the gate of Jerusalem.
13 O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast: she is the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee.
14 Therefore shalt thou give presents to Moresheth-gath: the houses of Achzib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel.
15 Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah: he shall come unto Adullam the glory of Israel.
16 Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.
Outline 1:
I. Introduction: The Word of the Lord. (1-2)
A. It came to Micah the Morasthite. (He was a native of Moresheth, located southwest of Jerusalem.)
B. It came in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
C. It concerned what Micah saw about Samaria and Jerusalem.
D. It was a message to:
1. All the people
2. The earth and all that is therein.
E. God was a witness to this Word, from His holy temple.
II. God is coming in judgment. (3-4)
A. For, behold, the Lord comes forth out of His place.
B. He will come down and tread upon the high places of the earth (places where idol worship occurred).
C. The mountains shall be molten (melted) under Him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters (like those) that are poured down a steep place. (An analogy of some type of volcanic-like action.)
III. The reason for God's judgment. (5)
A. For the transgression of Jacob.
B. For the sins of the house of Israel.
C. What is the transgression of Jacob? Is it not (the idol worship of ) Samaria?
D. What are the high places (of idolatry) of Judah? Are they not Jerusalem?
(Evil had spread from Samaria in the north to Jerusalem in the south.)
IV. Judgment on Samaria. (6-7)
A. I will make Samaria as an heap of the field and as plantings of a vineyard
(as heaps of rubbish in the field).
B. I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley.
C. I will discover the foundations thereof (destroyed down to the foundations).
D. All the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces.
E. All the hires (those who profit from her sin) thereof shall be burned with fire.
F. All the idols thereof I will lay desolate.
G. The reason for judgment: She gathered it of the hire of an harlot, and they shall return to the hire of an harlot. (This is speaking of spiritual fornication which results from rejecting God and embracing idols.)
V. The prophet's lament (over Samaria). (8-9)
A. I will wail and howl.
B. I will go stripped and naked. (Removing outer garments were a sign of deep anguish.)
C. I will make a wailing like the dragons (perhaps meaning wild dogs).
D. I will mourn as the owls.
E. I respond this way because her wound is incurable.
F. My lament will come to Judah and the gate of Jerusalem.
(When the people hear his lament, they will understand how God feels about their sins. Their evil is no longer limited to Samaria, but has spread to Judah and Jerusalem).
VI. Judgment on Judah. (9-16) (The judgment pronounced on each place relates to the meaning of the name of each city.)
A. Gath (which means tell): Declare ye it not at Gath, weep not at all.
B. Aphrah (which means house of dust) was told to roll in the dust.
C. Saphir (which means pleasant and beautiful) would be shamed and naked.
D. Zaanan (which means to come out) would not be able to go out.
E Beth-ezel (which means house of taking away) shall receive of you his standing. (You shall be taken from your standings, your foundations.)
F. Maroth (meaning bitterness) would wait for good, but evil would come down from the Lord unto the gate of Jerusalem.
G. Lachish (which means team of swift horses) was told:
1. Bind the chariot to the swift beast.
2. She (the city) is the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion.
3. For the transgressions of Israel were found in you.
4. Therefore you shall give presents to Moresheth-gath. (Moresheth literally means inheritance. Her inheritance would be given away.)
H. Achzib (which means deception) shall be a lie to the kings of Israel (they deceived and now they would be deceived).
I. Mareshah (which means betrothed) would no longer belong to Judah but would depart:
1. Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, oh inhabitant of Mareshah: he shall come unto Adullam the glory of Israel. (The glory of Israel will be removed to Adullam when judgment comes.)
2. Make yourself bald and poll (mourn) for your delicate children.
3. Enlarge your baldness as the eagle. (Shaving the head was a way to express grief.)
4. For they are gone into captivity from you (your children will be carried into exile because of your sins).
Study questions on chapter 1:
1. Who wrote this book, where was the author from, and when was the book written? (1)
2. What did the message of this book concern? (1)
3. To whom was the message given? (2)
4. Who was a witness to the message? (2)
5. Summarize the actions of the Lord and the response of the earth as detailed in verses 3-4.
6. According to verse 5, what were the reasons for God's judgment?
7. What were the judgments to come on Samaria? (6-7)
8. What was the main reason for the judgment on Samaria? (7)
9 Summarize the prophet's lament in verses 8-9. How did he express his grief? Why was he so grieved? Where would his lament be heard?
10. Summarize what is said about the following cities in verses 9-16:
Gath
Aphrah
Saphir
Zaanan
Bethezel
Maroth
Lachish
Achzib
Mareshah
11. What did you learn in this chapter to apply to your life and ministry?
Micah 2
1 Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
2 And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
3 Therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye go haughtily: for this time is evil.
4 In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! turning away he hath divided our fields.
5 Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord by lot in the congregation of the Lord.
6 Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame.
7 O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the Lord straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?
8 Even of late my people is risen up as an enemy: ye pull off the robe with the garment from them that pass by securely as men averse from war.
9 The women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their children have ye taken away my glory for ever.
10 Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction.
11 If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.
12 I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of their fold: they shall make great noise by reason of the multitude of men.
13 The breaker is come up before them: they have broken up, and have passed through the gate, and are gone out by it: and their king shall pass before them, and the Lord on the head of them.
Outline 2:
(The previous chapter dealt with the sins of the people. When you sin against God, then sins against mankind--such as are listed in this chapter--are the results.)