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  • noun an Old Testament book telling the prophecies of Micah foretelling the destruction of Jerusalem
  • noun a minor Hebrew prophet (8th century BC)

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Examples

  • And the messenger that went to call Micheas, said to him: Behold the words of all the prophets with one mouth declare good to the king: I beseech thee therefore let not thy word disagree with them, and speak thou also good success.

    The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 14: 2 Paralipomenon The Challoner Revision

  • And the messenger that went to call Micheas, spoke to him, saying: Behold the words of the prophets with one mouth declare good things to the king: let thy word, therefore, be like to theirs, and speak that which is good.

    The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete Anonymous

  • And the messenger that went to call Micheas, spoke to him, saying: Behold the words of the prophets with one mouth declare good things to the king: let thy word, therefore, be like to theirs, and speak that which is good.

    The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete The Challoner Revision Anonymous

  • And the messenger that went to call Micheas, said to him: Behold the words of all the prophets with one mouth declare good to the king: I beseech thee therefore let not thy word disagree with them, and speak thou also good success.

    The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete The Challoner Revision Anonymous

  • And the messenger that went to call Micheas, said to him: Behold the words of all the prophets with one mouth declare good to the king:

    The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete Anonymous

  • And the messenger that went to call Micheas, spoke to him, saying: Behold the words of the prophets with one mouth declare good things to the king: let thy word, therefore, be like to theirs, and speak that which is good.

    The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 11: 3 Kings The Challoner Revision

  • Micheas 5:1: Now shalt thou be laid waste, O daughter of the robber: they have laid siege against us, with a rod shall they strike the cheek of the judge of Israel..

    Archive 2006-12-01 bls 2006

  • Micheas 5:1: Now shalt thou be laid waste, O daughter of the robber: they have laid siege against us, with a rod shall they strike the cheek of the judge of Israel..

    O Radix Jesse bls 2006

  • A hundred times in his Gospel, he goes back into the history of the past, quoting from Isaiah, Jeremiah, Micheas, David, Daniel and all the prophets; after piling them one upon the other in a great cumulative argument, he says to his people in effect: "This is the glory of Israel, this is our hope, we have begotten the Son of the Living God; we have given to the world the Messiah."

    The Twelve: Matthew Julie D. 2005

  • Micheas of Morasthi was a prophet in the days of Ezechias king of Juda, and he spoke to all the people of Juda, saying: Thus saith the

    The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Old Testament — Part 2 Anonymous

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