Micah is an important minor prophet that lived during the collapse of Israel's short-lived dynasties. His prophetic words called government leaders to righteous action in the midst of rampant corruption that had plagued the people of Israel. Corruption had infected national worship, economics, and was even among Micah's peers, the prophets who "spoke for God." Yet in the midst of the great evil that had plagued the land, there was hope. When corruption spreads, God sees, God judges, and god preserves His people.