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(the book of micah is a prophetic book in the tanakh / old testament, and the sixth of the twelve minor prophets)
(it records the sayings of micah, whose name is mikayahu,(hebrew: מִיכָיָ֫הוּ ) meaning “who is like yahweh?”, an 8th-century B.C. prophet from the village of moresheth in judah (hebrew name from the opening verse: מיכה המרשתי))
(the book has three major divisions, chapters 1–2, 3–5 and 6–7, each introduced by the word “hear,” with a pattern of alternating announcements of doom and expressions of hope within each division)
(micah reproaches unjust leaders, defends the rights of the poor against the rich and powerful; while looking forward to a world at peace centered on Zion under the leadership of a new davidic monarch)
(while the book is relatively short, it includes lament (1.8–16; 7.8–10), theophany (1.3–4), hymnic prayer of petition and confidence (7.14–20), and the “covenant lawsuit” (6.1–8), a distinct genre in which yahweh (god) sues israel for breach of contract, that is, for violation of the sinai covenant)
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