micah 6 and 7

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The Hebrew paragraph divisions:

Mic 6:1-8 {s} YHVH’s complaint against Israel/ Israel’s return, not with sacrifices, but with justice, mercy, humility
Mic 6:9-16 {p} Since you walk in the ways of Omri + Ahab, YHVH will make you a desolation
Mic 7:1-8 {p} Faithfulness has perished from the earth, therefore I will wait for the God of my salvation

The chiastic structure for the book of Micah:

1a) Mic 1:1-16 {s} The wrath of YHVH seen/ Israel’s coming devastation + captivity;

1b) Mic 2:1-13 {p+p} Faithless “house” of Jacob, rejecting His Spirit/ Remnant of Israel gathered under their King;

1c) Mic 3:1-12 {p+s+p} Indictment against the heads + rulers of Jacob + Israel/ there is no answer from God;

1a) Mic 3:1-4 {p} Heads + rulers of Jacob + house of Israel: the indictment against them/ YHVH will not hear them;
1b) Mic 3:5, The false prophets who make YHVH’s people stray, prophesying falsely for money;
central axis) Mic 3:6-7, Seven punishments on false prophets, for there is no answer from God;
2b) Mic 3:8 {s} True prophet full of power + justice + might by the Spirit of YHVH, to declare to Jacob his sin;
2a) Mic 3:9-12 {p} Heads + rulers of Jacob + Israel: because of their iniquity, Zion + Jerusalem to become ruins.

central axis) Mic 4:1-5:15 {p+p+s+px3} Messiah’s 1st + 2nd coming + glorious kingdom;

1a) Mic 4:1-5 {p} In the latter days Torah shall go forth from Zion/ Messiah’s reign + end of warfare;
1b) Mic 4:6-7 {p} The lame + outcasts gathered into a remnant + strong nation with YHVH their king;
1c) Mic 4:8-10, Migdal Eder, to you the kingdom shall come/ pangs like a woman in labor/ deliverance from Babylon;
1d) Mic 4:11-12, Many nations have gathered against you/ He will gather them like sheaves to the threshing floor;
central axis) Mic 4:13, “Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion; for I will make your horn iron, and I will make your hooves bronze; you shall beat in pieces many peoples; I will consecrate their gain to YHVH, and their substance to YHVH of the whole earth;”
2d) Mic 5:1 {s} Gather yourself in troops/ They will strike the judge of Israel with a rod on the cheek;
2c) Mic 5:2-6 {p} Bethlehem Ephrathah, out of you shall come the Ruler/she who is in labor has given birth/ deliverance from the Assyrian;
2b) Mic 5:7-9, The remnant of Jacob in the midst of the Gentles/ YHVH’s hand lifted up above His adversaries;
2a) Mic 5:10-15 {p} In the latter days military + idolatry ended/ I will destroy your enemies + execute vengeance on the nations.

2c) Mic 6:1-16 {s+p} Indictment against YHVH’s people/ there is no forgiveness, when they remain in their sin;

1a) Mic 6:1-2, YHVH’s complaint against His people, therefore He will contend with Israel;
1b) Mic 6:3-5, What wrong has YHVH done to His people? Remember His goodness + know His righteousness;
1c) Mic 6:6-7, How shall I return to YHVH – with sacrifices, oil, my firstborn?
central axis) Mic 6:8 {s} YHVH’s requirement: do justly + love mercy + walk humbly with God;
2c) Mic 6:9-11, How shall YHVH forgive His people, when they remain in their sin without repentance;
2b) Mic 6:12-15, The wrongs of YHVH’s people, therefore their works will be in vain;
2a) Mic 6:16 {p} They do the works of Omri + Ahab, therefore they will bear their reproach.

2b) Mic 7:1-8 {p} Faithfulness has perished from the earth, therefore I will wait for the God of my salvation;

2a) Mic 7:9-20 {p+p} The righteousness of YHVH seen/ Israel’s coming restoration.