1. Jotham & The Prophet Micah

2. Israel Judah Jeroboam Nadab Baasha Elah Zimri Omri Ahab Ahaziah
Jehoram
Jehu
Jehoahaz
Joash
Jereboam II
Zechariah
Shallum (39th of Uzziah)
Menahem (39th of Uzziah)
Pekahiah (50th of Uzziah)
Pekah (52nd of Uzziah)
Judah
Rehoboam
Abijah
Asa
Jehoshaphat
Jehoram (Athaliah)
Ahaziah (1 year)
Athaliah
Joash
Amaziah
Uzziah
Jotham (54th of Uzziah)
Ahaz
Hezekiah

3. Jotham is King 2 Kings 15:5; 32-38; 2 Chron 26:21; 27:1-9
Reigned with his father (Uzziah was a leper)
Jotham’s reign started at age 25 and he reigned for 16 years

4. Jotham is King 2 Kings 15:5; 32-38; 2 Chron 26:21; 27:1-9
Jotham did right in the sight of the Lord (like his father)
Jotham didn’t go into the temple
However the high places were not removed
The people still sacrificed and worshiped on the high places

5. Jotham is King 2 Kings 15:5; 32-38; 2 Chron 26:21; 27:1-9
He defeated the Ammonites (2 Chron. 27)
100 talents of silver, 10K kors of wheat, 10K kors of barley
Kor -- a deep round vessel, i.e. (specifically) a cor or measure for things dry:--cor, measure.

6. Jotham Builds … Upper Gates of the House of the Lord Walls of Ophel
(2 Chron. 27:5-7)
Upper Gates of the House of the Lord
Walls of Ophel
Cities in the Mountains of Judah
Fortresses and towers

7. Jotham is King 2 Kings 15:5; 32-38; 2 Chron 26:21; 27:1-9
Jotham became mighty because he prepared his ways before the Lord (2 Chron 27:6)
The Lord sent Rezin (Syria) and Pekah against Judah (2 Kings 15:37)

8. The prophets during the Divided Kingdom
Obadiah – Judah in the days of Jehoram
Joel – Judah in the days of Joash
Jonah – Israel in the early days of Jeroboam II
Amos – Israel in the days of Jeroboam II & Uzziah
Hosea – Israel in the days of Jeroboam II & Uzziah
Isaiah – Judah in the days of Uzziah – Hezekiah
Micah – Judah in the days of Jotham – Hezekiah

9. Micah Judgment on Israel and Judah (Chapters 1-3)
Future Exaltation of God’s People (Chapters 4-5)
Jehovah’s lawsuit against Israel (Chapter 6-7)

10. Micah – Judgment (Chapters 1-3)
Micah 1:3-5 NKJV 3 For behold, the LORD is coming out of His place; He will come down And tread on the high places of the earth. 4 The mountains will melt under Him, And the valleys will split Like wax before the fire, Like waters poured down a steep place.

11. Micah – Judgment (Chapters 1-3)
Micah 1:5 NKJV All this is for the transgression of Jacob And for the sins of the house of Israel.
Samaria – heap of ruins (1:6)
Carved Images Shall Be Beaten to Pieces (1:7)
Micah Mourns For Israel and Judah (1:8)
Her Wounds Are Incurable (1:9)

12. Micah – Judgment (Chapters 1-3)
Play on words (1:10)
Tell it not in the Tell-Town (Gath)
Weep not in Weep-Town (Acco – YLT)
Roll in the dust in Dust-Town (Beth Ophrah)

13. Micah – Judgment (Chapters 1-3)
Play on words (1:10)
Mourn for your children for they will go into captivity (1:16)
Woe to you who devise wickedness on your bed and wake up to perform it (2:1-2)
Woe to you who covet fields and take them by force
Behold I am devising a disaster from which you can not remove your neck (2:3)

14. Micah – Judgment (Chapters 1-3)
People tell the righteous prophets to stop
Prophets proclaim peace to those who give food and proclaim war against those who don’t
Prophets divine a good outcome for money
Behold I am devising a disaster from which you can not remove your neck

15. Micah – Judgment (Chapters 1-3)
Rulers abhor justice and pervert equality (3:9)
Leaders pass judgment for a bribe (3:11)
Behold I am devising a disaster from which you can not remove your neck

16. Micah – Judgment (Chapters 1-3)
Priest teach what you want to hear for money (3:11)
Is not the Lord among us, no harm can come to us
Behold I am devising a disaster from which you can not remove your neck

17. Micah Judgment to Israel and Judah (Chapters 1-3)
Future Exaltation of God’s People (Chapters 4-5)
Jehovah’s lawsuit against Israel (Chapter 6-7)

18. Micah – Future Exaltation of God’s People (Chapters 4-5)
The Lord’s house will be established on the “top” of the mountain and “all peoples” will flow unto it.
The people will go up to be taught His ways so they can walk in His paths.

19. Micah – Future Exaltation of God’s People (Chapters 4-5)
There will be true peace
They will beat swords into plowshares
They will beat their spears into pruning hooks
But for now you must go into Babylonian captivity (4:10)
But from there the Lord will deliver you

20. Micah – Future Exaltation of God’s People (Chapters 4-5)
Though Bethlehem is little among Judah, out of you will come the “Ruler in Israel” whose goings forth are from old-from everlasting. (5:2)

21. Micah – Future Exaltation of God’s People (Chapters 4-5)
“Ruler in Israel” (5:2)
Ruler would come from a lowly birth – remember Is. 7:14
He shall restore the remnant (from among many peoples)
He shall stand and feed His flock
All His enemies will be defeated
No one can stand before him
Wickedness and Idolatry will be cut off

22. Micah Judgment to Israel and Judah (Chapters 1-3)
Future Exaltation of God’s People (Chapters 4-5)
Jehovah’s lawsuit against Israel (Chapter 6-7)

23. Micah – Jehovah’s lawsuit against Israel (Chapter 6-7)
Arise plead your case Israel, the Lord has a complaint against you
Testify against me, what have I done to you?
I brought you up out of Egypt – redeeming you from bondage
I sent Moses, Aaron and Miriam before you
I defeated the council of Balaam and Balak

24. Micah – Jehovah’s lawsuit against Israel (Chapter 6-7)
The Lord has a complaint against you
People’s response – What do you want from us?
With what shall I come before the Lord
With burn offerings? (Calves a year old)
With 1,000 rams or a 10,000 rivers of oil?
Shall I give my firstborn for my sins?
God replies -- What does the Lord require of you? (6:8)
To do justly, To love mercy and to walk humbly with your God

25. Micah – Jehovah’s lawsuit against Israel (Chapter 6-7)
No one can be trusted .. (7:1-6)
God is the God of Salvation (7:7)
God is Merciful (7:18-20)
You will cast all our sins, Into the depths of the sea (7:18)

26. Israel Judah Jeroboam Nadab Baasha Elah Zimri Omri Ahab Ahaziah
Jehoram
Jehu
Jehoahaz
Joash
Jereboam II
Zechariah
Shallum (39th of Uzziah)
Menahem (39th of Uzziah)
Pekahiah (50th of Uzziah)
Pekah (52nd of Uzziah)
Judah
Rehoboam
Abijah
Asa
Jehoshaphat
Jehoram (Athaliah)
Ahaziah (1 year)
Athaliah
Joash
Amaziah
Uzziah
Jotham (54th of Uzziah)
Ahaz
Hezekiah