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Commentary by Dr. Drake Travis Micah prophesied in Judah in the latter 700's B.C. He was not far away when Sennacherib's 185K-man  army was entirely struck dead by God's angel, btw!  He lived SW of Jerusalem about 30 miles. He was writing when Isaiah and Hosea were writing. The Southern Kings that he saw rule were, in order,  Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah. Ahaz was a wretch, Jo- and Hez- were quite good.  So he witnessed the moral terrain rise/fall/&rise again.  He prophesies to the north and south kingdoms. Yet his focus is to the capitals; Samaria and Jerusalem.   He has three main thrusts in his book: 1] the sins of these two capital cities, 2] their due desolation, and 3] restoration. He fired clearly between these two themes of glory in the future /against/ desolation in the present. And as Micah goes back and forth between these two themes, he isn't altogether concerned about making his transitions smooth. Just so you know.

1 -  He wastes no time getting to the core of his concern. Micah takes a hard swipe at both Samaria and Jerusalem right from the start.  He kind of says to Samaria, "Jacob once lived and walked and talked with God, right here!  Now, for the love of God, what have you done to this place? Do you think you will get away with your behavior and 100% irresponsible leadership?" Samaria had a powerful position as the leading cultural city of the north and they had completely led the northern kingdom into cultic ritualism and occultic worship. God was about to smash their idols, their vineyards, clean out their prostitutes right into bankruptcy.  Samaria had a habit of "digging through the religious dumpsters" of the ancient near east to find whatever false god to use for leading the Israelites astray. And It worked!