Micah

Gender: Female

Years: -750 - -610

Dictionary Text: “The Morasthite,” so called to distinguish him from Micaiah, the son of Imlah. He was a prophet of Judah, a contemporary of Isaiah, a native of Moresheth of Gath. Very little is known of the circumstances of his life,.

Disambiguation Notes: Micah (Micah was a prophet from around 737 to 696 BC in Judah and was the author of the Book of Micah in the Old Testament. The Book of Micah gives one of the most notable prophecies of Jesus Christ’s birth in all the Old Testament, speaking roughly seven hundred years before Christ’s birth to His birthplace of Bethlehem and to His divine nature. Micah also predicted the destruction of both Samaria and Jerusalem for their particular sins. Many important, accurate prophecies were delivered by Micah in the Bible making him a renowned figure in scripture for his gift of seeing key events to come_

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Verses

• Micah 1:1: The word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
• Jeremiah 26:18: Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.