COMMENTARY

Micah 1:2, 2:1-10
The people's wickedness is described in spite of Yahweh's work. Through Micah Yahweh summons his people to judgment. Micah was a prophet to Judah during the reigns of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah (740-690 BC). In 721 Sargon II, king of Assyria, captured Samaria and Israel as a nation was in ruins. Micah is sure the same fate awaited Judah because of similar sins. Micah lived in a small town among poor country people. As a spokesman for Yahweh, he was the champion of the poor who were oppressed by rich city people. They stole their homes and land through fraud and aided by governmental leaders, prophets, and priests. In this lection, Micah calls the whole earth to hear God's complaints against it. Judgment will come to the rich and powerful who by illegal means …