Micah

Micah 2:1–5 (LSB) Context  Micah prophesies during the late 8th century BC (ca. 735–700 BC) to both Samaria (Northern Kingdom) and Jerusalem (Southern Kingdom), though the immediate audience in ch. 2 is the wealthy land-owning elite of Judah (especially Jerusalem). The oracle in 2:1–5 is the first of three woe-oracles (2:1–5, 6–11; 3:1–12) that condemn social injustice, particularly the violent dispossession of small farmers by the powerful. This practice violated the heart o