Status Updates From Micah, KJV

Micah 7:18-19 NKJV
"[18] Who is a God like You, Pardoning iniquity And passing over the transgression of the remnant of His heritage? He does not retain His anger forever, Because He delights in mercy. [19] He will again have compassion on us, And will subdue our iniquities. You will cast all our sins Into the depths of the sea."
beautiful

Micah 7:10 NKJV
"Then she who is my enemy will see, And shame will cover her who said to me, “Where is the Lord your God?” My eyes will see her; Now she will be trampled down Like mud in the streets."

Micah 7:9 NKJV
"I will bear the indignation of the Lord, Because I have sinned against Him, Until He pleads my case And executes justice for me. He will bring me forth to the light; I will see His righteousness."

Micah 7:8 BSB
"[...] Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the Lord will be my light."

THIS IS THE QUOTE I LOVE THIS SO MUCH

Micah 7:7 NKJV
"Therefore I will look to the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation; My God will hear me."

Micah 7:2 NKJV
"The faithful man has perished from the earth, And there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; Every man hunts his brother with a net."

Micah 6:12 NKJV
"For her rich men are full of violence, Her inhabitants have spoken lies, And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth."

now what does that remind me of hmmmm

Micah 5:15 NKJV
"And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury On the nations that have not heard."

Micah 5:2 NKJV
"But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Though you are little among the thousands of Judah, Yet out of you shall come forth to Me The One to be Ruler in Israel, Whose goings forth are from of old, From everlasting."
the foreshadowing is crazy

Micah 4:3 NKJV
[3] [...] "Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, Neither shall they learn war anymore."

okay yall Micah 3 took over this is such a good chapter omg every verse is a bar

Micah 3:6-7 NKJV
[6] “Therefore you shall have night without vision, And you shall have darkness without divination; The sun shall go down on the prophets, And the day shall be dark for them. [7] [...] Indeed they shall all cover their lips; For there is no answer from God.”

Micah 3:1-3 NKJV
[1]And I said: “Hear now, O heads of Jacob, And you rulers of the house of Israel: Is it not for you to know justice? [2] You who hate good and love evil; Who strip the skin from My people, And the flesh from their bones; [3] Who also eat the flesh of My people, Flay their skin from them, Break their bones, And chop them in pieces Like meat for the pot, Like flesh in the caldron.”
eat the rich first

Micah 2:8-9 NKJV
[8] “Lately My people have risen up as an enemy— [...]
[9][...] You have taken away My glory forever."

Micah 2:6 NKJV
"'Do not prattle,' you say to those who prophesy. So they shall not prophesy to you; They shall not return insult for insult."

Micah 1:16 NKJV
"Make yourself bald and cut off your hair, Because of your precious children; Enlarge your baldness like an eagle, For they shall go from you into captivity."

Micah 1:8
"Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked; I will make a wailing like the jackals And a mourning like the ostriches,"

there is no way you can read this verse straight-faced 😶‍🌫️

I've read almost all the chapters already but now I'm gonna read the whole thing in one go
Micah 7 is definitely my fav of everything I've read yet lol