Micah Outline

Outline of contents: Micah

1:1    The heading

1:2-2:13    First series of prophecies: God gathers the elect remnant into Jerusalem
1:2-16    God punishes Samaria and Judah
2:1-11    Woe to the oppressors
2:12-13    God preserves a remnant in Zion

3:1-5:15    Second series of prophecies: God restores Jerusalem’s former dominion to the purified remnant
3:1-12    Old Jerusalem and its corrupt leaders fall
4:1-8    New Jerusalem exalted over the nations
4:9-13    Zion’s present pangs will give birth to a new era
5:1-6    The birth and exaltation of the Messiah
5:7-9    The remnant rules the nations
5:10-15    God protects his purified kingdom

6:1-7:20    Third series of prophecies: God forgives the remnant of his sinful people
6:1-8    Israel accused of breaking covenant
6:9-16    The covenant curses fulfilled on Jerusalem
7:1-7    Jerusalem’s social structures break apart
7:8-20    Victory song: Who is like the remnant’s pardoning God?