Reading for October 18th

Read Micah 7.8-20 Israel is pardoned and restored.
Like the speeches in chs. 4-5, this speech addresses the plight of the exiles after
the fall of Jerusalem in 587 BCE.
In verse 11 the building of your walls anticipates the reconstruction of Jerusalem.
In verse 12 the surrounding nations will recognize Jerusalem's new stature (4.1-5).
In verse 14 Bashan and Gilead, east of the Jordan, were prime pasture land.
In verse 15 the return from Babylonian captivity is viewed as a second Exodus,
an event as significant as the first deliverance from slavery (Isa 51.9-11).
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