Micah - Chapter-5

Chapter Summary

The birth and rejection of Christ foretold. His ultimate eternal kingdom after His rejection.

In verse 5, how could someone have peace amid destruction? Do you usually find peace in crises? Why or why not?
Do you find it troubling that verse 3 describes God giving up Israel? How might you explain this verse to a nonbeliever?
How does verse 9 give hope and how could we apply this to having hope today?
Verse 3 says the judgement and suffering will be temporary. What situations in your life could this perspective give comfort in?
Verses 5-6 use shepherding/leadership imagery for punishment. What does this teach us about part of the role of leadership and is this similar to or different from leadership today?
What about horses and chariots in verse 10 would be negative, resulting in God cutting them off? What are similar instruments of pride today?
Are the descriptions of God in verse 15 similar to or different from how we normally picture God? How would you relate this verse to verses that describe God's love?
How can verse 7 apply to believers who live in the midst of many peoples and nonbelievers today?
What do you think the original readers would have thought of verse 2? How would it have given them hope? How does it give us hope knowing this verse prophecies of Jesus?
What are situations in which we await God's deliverance today as in verse 6?

Israel's ruler (Christ), v. 2.

God, Christ.

2, 4.