Micah 2 in the early church
[Vulgate: Micheas]
20 passages quote, allude to, or echo Micah 2, grouped by verse; passages on the same verse are in date order. Verse text from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). References use the Protestant English Bible's numbering, with a writer's own numbering in brackets where it differs.
Verses: 1 · 3 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 10 · 11 · 12
Micah 2:1
Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mic 2:1 | PG 12:1313 (Ps 34–35 LXX) · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 220-254 |
| Mic 2:1–3 | On Saint Athanasius 1.35 · Lucifer of Cagliari | quotation, high confidence | ca. 356–361 |
Micah 2:3
Therefore this is what the LORD says: “I am planning against this nation a disaster from which you cannot free your necks. Then you will not walk so proudly, for it will be a time of calamity.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mic 2:3 | Demonstration 19.3 · Aphrahat | quotation, high confidence | 337-345 |
Micah 2:7
Should it be said, O house of Jacob, “Is the Spirit of the LORD impatient? Are these the things He does?” Do not My words bring good to him who walks uprightly?
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mic 2:7 | Against Noetus 15 · Hippolytus of Rome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 200–230 |
| Mic 2:7 | Letters to Serapion 1.5 · Athanasius of Alexandria | quotation, high confidence | ca. 357–360 |
| Mic 2:7 | On the Holy Spirit 19.50 · Basil of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | ca. 374–375 |
| Mic 2:7 | The Conferences 24.24 · John Cassian | allusion, high confidence | ca. 426–429 |
Micah 2:8
But of late My people have risen up like an enemy: You strip off the splendid robe from unsuspecting passersby like men returning from battle.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mic 2:8 | Against Noetus 15 · Hippolytus of Rome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 200–230 |
Micah 2:9
You drive the women of My people from their pleasant homes. You take away My blessing from their children forever.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mic 2:9 | Commentary on Matthew 16.22 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 246–248 |
| Mic 2:9–10 | Oration 14.21 · Gregory of Nazianzus | quotation, high confidence | ca. 362–383 |
| Mic 2:9 | On Fleeing the World 31 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 387-391 |
Micah 2:10
Arise and depart, for this is not your place of rest, because its defilement brings destruction—a grievous destruction!
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mic 2:10 | Demonstration 19.3 · Aphrahat | quotation, high confidence | 337-345 |
| Mic 2:10 | Oration 9.2 · Gregory of Nazianzus | quotation, high confidence | ca. 362–383 |
| Mic 2:10 | On Fleeing the World 31 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 387-391 |
| Mic 2:10 | On the Governance of God 6.38 · Salvian of Marseilles | quotation, high confidence | ca. 439-451 |
Micah 2:11
If a man of wind were to come and say falsely, “I will preach to you of wine and strong drink,” he would be just the preacher for this people!
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mic 2:11 | Commentary on Jeremiah 5.58 · Jerome | quotation, medium confidence | ca. 414-419 |
| Mic 2:11 | The Conferences 9.18 · John Cassian | quotation, medium confidence | ca. 426–429 |
Micah 2:12
I will surely gather all of you, O Jacob; I will collect the remnant of Israel. I will bring them together like sheep in a pen, like a flock in the midst of its pasture—a noisy throng.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mic 2:12 | Commentary on the Song of Songs 2.169 · Origen | quotation, medium confidence | ca. 240–245 (Rufinus's translation ca. 410) |
| Mic 2:12 | Homily on the Song of Songs 2 · Origen | quotation, medium confidence | ca. 240–250 |
| Mic 2:12 | Demonstration of the Gospel 2.3.145 · Eusebius of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | ca. 314–324 |