Micah

Mikhah

Micah of Moresheth (a prophet from a rural Judean town) · c. 730-700 BC, contemporary with Isaiah and remembered in Jeremiah 26 as having prophesied under Hezekiah · Moresheth-gath, Judah (Israel) · scripture

Micah condemns Judah's ruling and priestly classes for corruption and predicts Jerusalem's fall, while preserving one of the earliest visions of a future ruler from Bethlehem and a summary of religion as justice, mercy, and humility.