Here is my attempt to create another chart of Micah 2 to help clarify my thoughts. The gray shaded parts are those portions associated with "evildoers" or "wickedness," whereas the green shaded parts reflect "justice," and "righteousness" and "goodness." As you can see (a little more clearly than the last chart), the chapter is divided into two sections pivoting around v. 7 and then the mirrored verses build upon an analogous theme. Check it out... let me know what you think (click on the image to larger).
The themes per verse-pairs are:
- vv. 1 and 13: "Who is doing the LEADING?"
- vv.3 and 11: "RESPONSE to What God is Saying"
- vv.4 and 10: "God's WRATH"
- vv.5 and 9: "Having no DIRECTION"
- vv.6 and 8: "Things of God which Evildoers CORRUPT"
"...do not My words do good
to him who walks uprightly?"
Micah 2:7b
