nisiUKi U* THfc PKOFHETS.
357
Micah. — Micah, the prophet, who lived in the latter
days of Isaiah and Plosea. The Book of Micah is one of
the most important prophecies in the Old Testament.
The words of the Lord that came to Micah, the Moras-
thite, a Moor, who prophesied in the reigns of Jotham,
Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, against Judah and
Jerusalem. "Hear all ye people; hearken, O Earth,
and all that therein is, and let the Lord God be witness
against you, for the transgression of Jacob, is it not Sa¬
maria, and the high places of Judah, are they not Jeru¬
salem; therefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the
field," &c. " The inhabitant of Maroth waiteth carefully
for good, but evil came down from the Lord unto the
gate of Jerusalem." Micah prophesied ofthe captivity
of the Moorish tribes, and their deliverance by Cyrus
the'Great; also, previous to the coming of the Messiah
Christ, the Lord, ofthe "seed ofthe woman" to the line
of Shem, the descendants of Abraham, the tribe of Ju¬
dah, and the house of David. Micah sheds further light,
by designating the very place of his birth, (ch. v. 2) with
other important circumstances of his kingdom and glory.
Nahum.—The prophet Nahum, the Elkoshite, was a
native of Galilee, and prophesied, in the reign of Heze¬
kiah, against Nineveh, about 758 years B. C. " Wo to
the bloody city, it is all full of lies and wickedness, the
noise of the whip, and the noise of the rattling of the
wheels, and ofthe prancing horses, and of the jumping
chariots. The horsemen lifteth up both the bright sword
and the glittering spear, and there is a multitude of
slain and a great number of carcases, and there is no
end of their corpses." "Nineveh is laid waste; who
will bemoan her; whence shall I seek comforters for
thee." " Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength. Put
and Lubim were thy helpers. Yet was she carried away,
she went into captivity; her young children also were
dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets."
Habakkuk prophesied about 609 years B. C. He
complained of the iniquity of the land, the judgments
upon the Chaldeans ; he saw the tents of Cushan in
affliction.
Zephaniah.—The prophet Zephaniah, an Ethiopian.
The word of the Lord came unto Zephaniah the son of
Permalink: http://pid.emory.edu/ark:/25593/p4cq0
