- The prophet mourns in the first verse — why?
- What type of interpersonal relationship obtains, according to the prophet, as common practice among the Israelites?
- According to Micah 7:3, what are the practices of the judges, the leaders and those in authority?
- Can there be any confidence, then, in a close friend — in an officer, in one’s wife (Micah 7:5)?
- How does Micah 7:6 describe family relationships?
- Is it the prophet who is speaking in Micah 7:7-8 and/or is it the prophet speaking as “representative” of that (minority) which does not conduct himself in accordance with the prior descriptions?
- What, then, will become of the nation (Micah 7:11-13)?
- The prophet then indicates what should be done, instead of what is being done in Micah 7:14-15 — and what is that?
- When this proper conduct obtains, what will be the result (Micah 7:15-17)?
- In Micah 7:18 the prophet cites his firm conviction of a basic theological principle — what is one of the most significant attributes of the Divine?
- And, as a result of that attribute, what is predicted (finally) for the House of Jacob (Micah 7:19-20)?
- Would the conclusion of the prophet’s “book” then, end on a note of hope in spite of the repeated castigations, or on one of despair?
