Sacred Scripture · Old Testament
Micah
7 Chapters · Douay-Rheims Bible · Old Testament
About This Book
Micah contains 7 chapters in this CatholicG33k edition.
Chapter Directory
- Chapter 1Samaria for her sins shall be destroyed by the Assyrians; they shall also invade Judah and Jerusalem.
- Chapter 2The Israelites by their crying injustices provoke God to punish them. He shall at last restore Jacob.
- Chapter 3For the sins of the rich oppressing the poor, of false prophets flattering for lucre, and of judges perverting justice, Jerusalem and the temple shall be destroyed.
- Chapter 4The glory of the Church of Christ, by the conversion of the Gentiles. The Jews shall be carried captives to Babylon, and be delivered again.
- Chapter 5The birth of Christ in Bethlehem: his reign and spiritual conquests.
- Chapter 6God expostulates with the Jews for their ingratitude and sins: for which they shall be punished.
- Chapter 7The prophet laments, that notwithstanding all his preaching, the generality are still corrupt in their manners: therefore their desolation is at hand: but they shall be restored again and prosper; and all mankind shall be redeemed by Christ.
Edition Record
- Book
- Micah
- Translation
- Douay-Rheims Bible
- Old Testament
- First published at Douay in 1609
- New Testament
- First published at Rheims in 1582
- Revision and Notes
- Bishop Richard Challoner, 1749
- Historical Imprimatur
- James Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore, 1 September 1899