Micah 1:5-6
KJV 5 For the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? is it not Samaria? and what are the high places of Judah? are they not Jerusalem? 6Therefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the field, and as plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof.
WEB 5 “All this is for the disobedience of Jacob,
          and for the sins of the house of Israel.
             What is the disobedience of Jacob?
          Isn’t it Samaria?
             And what are the high places of Judah?
          Aren’t they Jerusalem?
             6 Therefore I will make Samaria like a rubble heap of the field,
          like places for planting vineyards;
             and I will pour down its stones into the valley,
          and I will uncover its foundations.

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5 Israel had turned their hearts from God to idols, this started because they didn’t want to make the trip to Israel to the temple so they set up pagan temples so they could worship but by doing this they rejected the Lord. Judah wouldn’t fall until later because they would further serve the Lord but they would fall into false worship and be judged later as well.

6 For years the place was like this. They wouldn’t be in the land for years. God’s judgment will come in time the question is are we right with Him?

Micah 1:2-4
KJV 2 Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord GOD be witness against you, the LORD from his holy temple. 3 For, behold, the LORD cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth. 4 And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place.           
WEB 2 Hear, you peoples, all of you.
          Listen, O earth, and all that is therein:
             and let the Lord Yahweh be witness against you,
          the Lord from his holy temple.
             3 For, behold, Yahweh comes forth out of his place,
          and will come down and tread on the high places of the earth.
             4 The mountains melt under him,
          and the valleys split apart,
          like wax before the fire,
          like waters that are poured down a steep place.

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2 We need to be open to both God’s word and to the Spirit’s call. We often aren’t willing to hear. The temple would be destroyed and is today but this could be a reference to the people that followed the Lord. God was never limited to the temple even though sometimes people saw Him as such. God’s throne was always in heaven.

3 This means that God is coming down from heaven and the high places refer to places of worship, so this verse means that God is going to handle the pagan worship places that shouldn’t have been.

4 This verse shows both that God has glory and power and is the Judge. He is the judge, are we ready, are we bringing people before His throne away from these other high places in the world, as Christians this is exactly what we are to do.

Micah 1:1
KJV 1 The word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
WEB 1 The word of Yahweh that came to Micah the Morashtite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.

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Micah was a prophet and he was called to be by God. It is important we live for the calling God has given us, not what we want, not what others want from us. These are the kings that reigned while he was used as a prophet from the Lord. This also tells what He prophesizes in brief. We have a role to serve for the Lord, our we serving Him?

Jonah 4:10-11
KJV 10 Then said the LORD, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night: 11 And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more then sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?
WEB 10 Yahweh said, “You have been concerned for the vine, for which you have not labored, neither made it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night. 11 Shouldn’t I be concerned for Nineveh, that great city, in which are more than one hundred twenty thousand persons who can’t discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much livestock?”

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10 Jonah had so much concern about this vine because it gave him comfort; he saw a purpose for it, even though he shouldn’t have been there but on his way back home. Some times we get mad with God for ruining our comfort and it’s because He wants us to move outside our comfort.

11 Jonah cared more about this vine then the people he just shared the message with. God lets Jonah know that He cares more that the people turned to Him then that this vine died. When we become comfortable our view points need to change. Sometimes God has to get our attention, He had to do this with Jonah.

Jonah 4:8-9
KJV 8 And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live. 9 And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.
WEB 8 It happened, when the sun arose, that God prepared a sultry east wind; and the sun beat on Jonah’s head, so that he fainted, and requested for himself that he might die, and said, “It is better for me to die than to live.”
9 God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the vine?”
    He said, “I am right to be angry, even to death.”

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8 Jonah’s view of life was not good. Jonah thought he had it harder then Job did, this is pride thing that he had. God caused this to show and teach Jonah. God was loving Jonah and trying to break his pride. Jonah could have went back home at this point instead of staying in the heat but he wanted to see these people be destroyed even though he knew they repented and that God had showed mercy.

9 Jonah cared more about the vine then he did human lives. God showed he cared more about people souls.