outline of Micah

1.  Superscription (1:1)

2.  First Cycle:  Judgment and Deliverance (1:2-2:13)

1. Judgment on Samaria (1:2-7)
2. Judgment on Judah (1:8-16)
3. Sentencing of Greedy Landholders (2:1-5)
4. Judgment Against False Prophets (2:6-11)
5. A Remnant Restored (2:12, 13)

3.  Second Cycle:  Degradation and Exaltation (chs. 3-5)

1. Evil Rulers Condemned (3:1-4)
2. False Prophets Denounced (3:5-8)
3. Zion to be Leveled (3:9-12)
4. Zion to be Restored and Exalted (4:1-8)
5. From Present Distress to Future Salvation (4:9-13)
6. The Messianic Ruler (5:1-6)
7. The Remnant of Jacob Among the Gentiles (5:7-9)
8. The Lord Judges His People and the Nations (5:10-15)

4.  Third Cycle:  Hope in Darkness (chs. 6; 7)

1. The Lord's Allegation (6:1-8)
2. Covenant Curses Fulfilled (6:9-16)
3. Lament for a Broken and Corrupt Nation (7:1-7)
4. Hymn of Victory (7:8-20)