--- title: "Book of Micah: Summary & All 7 Chapters · Bless" url: https://blessbible.app/bible/micah/ description: "The Book of Micah (also called Micheas), a book of prophetic oracles in 7 chapters. Bp. Challoner’s summary of all 7 chapters, and the full text free." --- Old Testament # The Book of Micah The Book of Micah is the thirty-eighth of the 46 books of the Old Testament: 7 chapters and 104 verses. The Douay-Rheims calls it Micheas. [Start reading: Micah 1](https://blessbible.app/bible/micah/1/) [1](https://blessbible.app/bible/micah/1/) [2](https://blessbible.app/bible/micah/2/) [3](https://blessbible.app/bible/micah/3/) [4](https://blessbible.app/bible/micah/4/) [5](https://blessbible.app/bible/micah/5/) [6](https://blessbible.app/bible/micah/6/) [7](https://blessbible.app/bible/micah/7/) ## About Micah About Micah · Prophetic oracles Micah, a village prophet contemporary with Isaiah, indicted both capitals — Samaria and Jerusalem — for land-grabbing, corrupt courts, and preachers for hire. His book alternates doom and promise, and it holds two of prophecy's most famous lines: the ruler to be born in tiny Bethlehem, and the summary of everything God requires — to do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with your God. It was written to insist that covenant faith is measured in courtrooms and marketplaces, not only sanctuaries. *Micah in Bless* | | | |---|---| | Testament | Old Testament — book 38 of 46, 38 of 73 in the Bible | | Canon | Protocanonical (in every Christian canon) | | Chapters | 7 | | Verses | 104, as Bless numbers them | | In the Douay-Rheims | Micheas | | Latin | Clementine Vulgate, every chapter | | Bp. Challoner | Summaries of all 7 chapters · 35 notes | | Catechism | 2 paragraphs cite it | Chapter by chapter ## All 7 chapters, *in brief.* Bishop Richard Challoner’s summary of each chapter, from his revision of the Douay-Rheims (1749–52). Open a chapter for the full text. 1. ### [Micah 1](https://blessbible.app/bible/micah/1/) 16 verses Samaria for her sins shall be destroyed by the Assyrians; they shall also invade Juda and Jerusalem. 2. ### [Micah 2](https://blessbible.app/bible/micah/2/) 13 verses The Israelites by their crying injustices provoke God to punish them. He shall at last restore Jacob. 3. ### [Micah 3](https://blessbible.app/bible/micah/3/) 12 verses For the sins of the rich oppressing the poor, of false prophets flattering for lucre, and of judges perverting justice, Jerusalem and the temple shall be destroyed. 4. ### [Micah 4](https://blessbible.app/bible/micah/4/) 13 verses The glory of the church of Christ, by the conversion of the Gentiles. The Jews shall be carried captives to Babylon, and be delivered again. 5. ### [Micah 5](https://blessbible.app/bible/micah/5/) 14 verses The birth of Christ in Bethlehem: his reign and spiritual conquests. 6. ### [Micah 6](https://blessbible.app/bible/micah/6/) 16 verses God expostulates with the Jews for their ingratitude and sins: for which they shall be punished. 7. ### [Micah 7](https://blessbible.app/bible/micah/7/) 20 verses The prophet laments, that notwithstanding all his preaching, the generality are still corrupt in their manners: therefore their desolation is at hand: but they shall be restored again and prosper; and all mankind shall be redeemed by Christ. Bp. Richard Challoner · chapter summaries Coming up ## Read at *Mass.* From October 29, 2026 to October 28, 2027, Micah is read at the principal Mass on 2 days in the US calendar. The next 6 readings: | Date | Celebration | Reading | Citation | |---|---|---|---| | [Sat, Feb 27, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/02/27/) | Saturday of the Second Week of Lent | First Reading | [Micah 7:14-15, 18-20](https://blessbible.app/bible/micah/7/) | | [Wed, Sep 8, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/09/08/) computed | Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary | First Reading | [Micah 5:1-4a](https://blessbible.app/bible/micah/5/) | | [Sun, Dec 19, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/12/19/) computed | Fourth Sunday of Advent | First Reading | [Micah 5:1-4a](https://blessbible.app/bible/micah/5/) | | [Sat, Mar 18, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/03/18/) computed | Saturday of the Second Week of Lent | First Reading | [Micah 7:14-15, 18-20](https://blessbible.app/bible/micah/7/) | | [Mon, Jul 24, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/07/24/) computed | Monday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time | First Reading | [Micah 6:1-4, 6-8](https://blessbible.app/bible/micah/6/) | | [Fri, Sep 8, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/09/08/) computed | Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary | First Reading | [Micah 5:1-4a](https://blessbible.app/bible/micah/5/) | Citations as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar (principal Mass, first option). Dates after May 31, 2027 are computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish. [Previous book The Book of Jonah](https://blessbible.app/bible/jonah/) [Next book The Book of Nahum](https://blessbible.app/bible/nahum/)