The Bible – Old Testament Micah Index Int. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Chapter 3 1 And I said: Hear, you leaders of Jacob, rulers of the house of Israel! Is it not your duty to know what is right, 2 you who hate what is good, and love evil? You who… Continue reading Micah – Chapter 3
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Micah – Chapter 2
The Bible – Old Testament Micah Index Int. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Chapter 2 1 Woe to those who plan iniquity, and work out evil on their couches; In the morning light they accomplish it when it lies within their power. 2 1 They covet fields, and seize them; houses, and they… Continue reading Micah – Chapter 2
Micah – Chapter 1
The Bible – Old Testament Micah Index Int. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Chapter 1 1 The word of the LORD which came to Micah of Moresheth in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah: that is, the vision he received concerning Samaria and Jerusalem. 2 Hear, O peoples,… Continue reading Micah – Chapter 1
Micah – Introduction
The Bible – Old Testament Micah Index Int. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Introduction Micah was a contemporary of Isaiah. Of his personal life and call we know nothing except that he came from the obscure village of Moresheth in the foothills. His were the broad vistas of the Judean lowland and… Continue reading Micah – Introduction
Jonah – Chapter 4
The Bible – Old Testament Jonah Index Int. 1. 2. 3. 4. Chapter 4 1 1 But this was greatly displeasing to Jonah, and he became angry. 2 “I beseech you, LORD,” he prayed, “is not this what I said while I was still in my own country? This is why I fled at first… Continue reading Jonah – Chapter 4
Jonah – Chapter 3
The Bible – Old Testament Jonah Index Int. 1. 2. 3. 4. Chapter 3 1 The word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time: 2 “Set out for the great city of Nineveh, and announce to it the message that I will tell you.” 3 So Jonah made ready and went to… Continue reading Jonah – Chapter 3
Jonah – Chapter 2
The Bible – Old Testament Jonah Index Int. 1. 2. 3. 4. Chapter 2 1 But the LORD sent a large fish, that swallowed Jonah; and he remained in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. 2 From the belly of the fish Jonah said this prayer to the LORD, his… Continue reading Jonah – Chapter 2
Jonah – Chapter 1
The Bible – Old Testament Jonah Index Int. 1. 2. 3. 4. Chapter 1 1 This is the word of the LORD that came to Jonah, son of Amittai: 1 2 “Set out for the great city of Nineveh, and preach against it; their wickedness has come up before me.” 3 2 But Jonah made ready… Continue reading Jonah – Chapter 1
Jonah – Introduction
The Bible – Old Testament Jonah Index Int. 1. 2. 3. 4. Introduction Written in the postexilic era, probably in the fifth century B.C., this book is a didactic story with an important theological message. It concerns a disobedient prophet who attempted to run away from his divine commission, was cast overboard and swallowed… Continue reading Jonah – Introduction
Obadiah
The Bible – Old Testament Obadiah The twenty-one verses of this book contain the shortest and sternest prophecy in the Old Testament. Nothing is known of the author, although his oracle against Edom, a long-standing enemy of Israel, indicates a date of composition sometime in the fifth century B.C. During this period the Edomites had… Continue reading Obadiah