TY - BOOK AU - Hillers,Delbert R. AU - Project Muse AU - Hanson,Paul D. AU - Fisher,Loren R. TI - Micah: A Commentary on the Book of the Prophet Micah T2 - Hermeneia--a critical and historical commentary on the Bible SN - 9780800660123 PY - 1984/// CY - Philadelphia PB - Fortress Press KW - Micha, KW - Bible KW - Micah KW - Commentaries N1 - Introduction --; Micah: some preliminaries --; The course of Micah studies --; Micah as prophet of a new age --; The form of the book of Micah --; Jeremiah 26 and Micah --; The text of Micah --; Poetic form in Micah --; 1:1 The heading --; 1:2-7 The wrath to come on Samaria --; 1:8-9 Lament as the disaster spreads --; 1:10-16 Lament over the towns of Judah --; 2:1-5 Against those who steal land --; 2:6-11 Enemies of the people --; 2:12-13 The shepherd-king and his flock --; 3:1-4 The courts as cannibals --; 3:5-8 False prophets and a real prophet --; 3:9-12 Zion shall be plowed as a field --; 4:1-5 The kingdom to come --; 4:6-7 The kingdom of the survivors --; 4:8 Restoration of sovereignty as at first --; 4:9-10 --; Human failure and divine help --; 4:11-13 The defeat of the nation --; 4:14 A fragment: humiliation of the king --; 5:1-4a 2-5a] Return of the king of peace --; 5:4b-5 5b-6. Imperial dream --; 5:6-8 7-9. The irresistible survivors --; 5:9-14 10-15. The preparatory purging --; 6:1-8 A covenant lawsuit: the whole duty of mankind --; 6:9-16 A curse on the cheating city --; 7:1-7 Injustice: its own punishment --; 7:8-20 A closing liturgy of hope; 2; b UR - https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ciu.edu?url=https://muse.jhu.edu/book/45960/Full text available: UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/book/45960/ ER -