Category: Biblical Reflections

Micah 2:6–13 (NKJV) 6 “Do not prattle,” you say to those who prophesy. So they shall not prophesy to you; They shall not return insult for insult. 7 You who are named the house of Jacob: “Is the Spirit of the Lord restricted? Are these His doings? Do not My words do good To him … Continue reading Loss and Restoration

Micah 2:1–5 (NKJV) 2:1 Woe to those who devise iniquity, And work out evil on their beds! At morning light they practice it, Because it is in the power of their hand. 2 They covet fields and take them by violence, Also houses, and seize them. So they oppress a man and his house, A … Continue reading On the Wrong Side of God’s Plan

Micah 1:11–16 (NKJV) 11 Pass by in naked shame, you inhabitant of Shaphir; The inhabitant of Zaanan does not go out. Beth Ezel mourns; Its place to stand is taken away from you. 12 For the inhabitant of Maroth pined for good, But disaster came down from the Lord To the gate of Jerusalem. 13 … Continue reading The Shame of Sin

Micah 1:8–10 (NKJV) 8 Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked; I will make a wailing like the jackals And a mourning like the ostriches, 9 For her wounds are incurable. For it has come to Judah; It has come to the gate of My people— To Jerusalem. 10 Tell … Continue reading An Image of That to Come

Micah 1:1–7 (NKJV) 1 The word of the Lord that came to Micah of Moresheth in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem. Micah was a contemporary of Isaiah, and prophecied to Israel and Judah of the judgment and eventual restoration of both.   2 … Continue reading Making Room for Yahweh

Jonah 4:6–11 (NKJV) 6 And the Lord God prepared a plant and made it come up over Jonah, that it might be shade for his head to deliver him from his misery. So Jonah was very grateful for the plant. 7 But as morning dawned the next day God prepared a worm, and it so damaged the … Continue reading The Pitied Plant

Jonah 4:1–5 (NKJV) 4:1 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he became angry. 2 So he prayed to the Lord, and said, “Ah, Lord, was not this what I said when I was still in my country? Therefore I fled previously to Tarshish; for I know that You are a gracious and merciful God, slow to … Continue reading The Pouting Prophet

Jonah 3:5–10 (NKJV) 5 So the people of Nineveh believed God, proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least of them. 6 Then word came to the king of Nineveh; and he arose from his throne and laid aside his robe, covered himself with sackcloth and sat in ashes. 7 And he caused … Continue reading Ninevah Repents

Jonah 3:1–4 (NKJV) 3:1 Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time, saying, 2 “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the message that I tell you.” 3 So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, … Continue reading Preaching in Ninevah

Jonah 2:8–10 (NKJV) 8 “Those who regard worthless idols Forsake their own Mercy. 9 But I will sacrifice to You With the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay what I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD.” In his fleeting moments of life, Jonah cried unto the Lord with a confession of the futility of … Continue reading Deliverance