Another prophet stands up. The messages are coming thick and fast. Surely the people will listen!
Restoration of Jerusalem
Isaiah 4:1-6
Parable of vineyard
Isaiah 5:1-7
Six woes
Isaiah 5:8-30
Micah’s message
Micah 1:1
The wrath of God
Micah 1:2-16
Israel’s sins
Micah 2:1-11
A promise
Micah 2:12-13
Jotham’s strength
2 Chronicles 27:3-6
Rezin joins Pekah
2 Kings 15:37
Jotham’s death
2 Kings 15:36,38, 2 Chronicles 27:7,9
Isaiah’s parable of the vineyard sums up God’s perspective perfectly. He created this nation, he called them into being and gave them their land and everything they have. But instead of being fruitful, they have gone wild. An earthly farmer would tear it all up and start again., Why shouldn’t God do the same?
Micah starts by saying much the same thing. Perhaps he and Isaiah were friends. Perhaps they were the same person?? He hasn’t quite got the same poetry as Isaiah, but their messages are very similar.
Meanwhile, we hear about Jotham’s reign and his death, and the machinations of Pekah, king of Israel. It’s as if the kings are living in a parallel track - not knowing or caring about the overall state of the nation, immersed in politics, protecting their own position, making alliances or war against surrounding nations, not listening to God.
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