Micah 3:5-12

Micah 3:5-12

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Reading the Text:
- NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
- Hebrew Interlinear Bible, WLCv, WLC5, CHES, AV.
- The Bible Gateway: NRSV, RSV, NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc.
- The Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Hebrew text with concordance, commentaries.
- The World Wide Study Bible includes commentary, exposition and sermons.
Historical References, Commentary and Comparative Texts:
- "Heresy," Comparative World Scriptures from United Communities of Spirit.
- Rashi's Commentary, c. 1075. chabad.org.
- From the Geneva Notes.
  - "The Prophet being assured of his vocation by the Spirit of God, sets himself alone against all the wicked, showing how God gave him gifts, ability and knowledge, to discern between good and evil, and also steadfastness and endurance to reprove the sins of the people, and not to flatter them."
- From Matthew Henry's Commentary.
  - "Even when men do that which in itself is good, but do it for filthy lucre, it becomes abomination both to God and man. Faith rests in the Lord as the soul's foundation: presumption only leans upon the Lord as a prop, and would use him to serve a turn."
- From Wesley's Notes.
  - "This is that passage, which is quoted, Jer 26:18, which Hezekiah and his princes took well: yea, they repented and so the execution of it did not come in their days."
- John Calvin's Commentary on Micah.
  - "We now see that the word of God is not bound, but that it puts forth its power against the highest as well as the lowest; for it is the Spirit's office to arraign the whole world, and not a part only."
- From the Commentary on the Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
  - "The Talmud and Maimonides record that at the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans under Titus, Terentius Rufus, who was left in command of the army, with a ploughshare tore up the foundations of the temple."
Contemporary Commentary, Studies and Exegesis:
- Commentary, Micah 3:5-12, Fred Gaiser, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2011.
  - "Sounding the fire alarm is an essential duty of the preacher, but people will only respond if they know there is a secure place to flee."
- Commentary, Micah 3:5-12, Carolyn J. Sharp, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2008.
  - "Believers dare not take the prophetic word for granted. Hearing that word is never easy, though, because it holds us and our communities accountable. We would much rather hear words of 'shalom.'"
Articles & Background:
- "'O Jerusalem, Jerusalem,' The Holy City," Peter Walker, Sojourners, September/October 2000.
  - "Belief in the city's holiness has sometimes been used to legitimate unholy action."
Recommended articles from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are linked below. ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices. Annotated list of "starting place" articles at ATLAS for this week's texts (includes direct links).
- Brueggemann, Walter, "A Shape for Old Testament Theology: 1, Structure Legitimation; 2, Embrace of Pain," The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1985.
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- Maclean, Jennifer K. Berenson, "Between Text and Sermon, Micah 3:5-12," Interpretation, 2002.
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- Wolff, Hans Walter, "Prophets and Institutions in the Old Testament," Currents in Theology and Mission, 1986.
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Sermons:
- "Those Who Lead God's People!" John Jewell, 2002.
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Hymns and Music:
- Hymnary.org, hymns, scores, media, information.
- Hymns with Scripture Allusions: Micah 3:8. The Cyber Hymnal.
Fine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's Art Index:
- Micah
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