A Good Man is Hard to Find
- Micah finishes with another breach of covenant lawsuit.
- God presents his case first: he’s taken them out of Egypt, delivered them from endless plots against them, etc. etc.
- And how have they repaid him? Do they really think he’s interested in all those burnt offerings?
- Nope. Here’s what he wants: “He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?” (6:8)
- Instead, here’s what he gets: Merchants swindling their customers, judges taking bribes, everyone looking out for themselves. It’s Gotham City without Batman.
- Nobody can be trusted, even your own family. Especially your own family.
- God has made the nation a mockery; everyone sees how bad they are.
- But fear not. Eventually Batman— sorry, Yahweh--will swoop in and make everything better, because he will forgive his people’s wrongdoing.
- But Israel shouldn’t be too reassured because this day is far in the future. There’s still lots of mayhem ahead.
- Still, God will eventually forgive and make things like they used to be.
- “Who is a God like you?” asks the prophet, punning on his own name.
- Or was the name of the prophet made up by ancient scribes as a pun on this question? Stuff like this is like catnip for biblical scholars.