Micah

Therefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the field, and as plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof.

When we read Micah today,
Our collective response was:
What?

The heap of a field,
The plantings of a vineyard,
Stones poured down
And foundations found.

Is this good? Bad?
Cheerful? Menacing?

Seven chapters of words,
Full of unknown names
And ambivalent statements.

The famous “But thou,
Bethlehem-Ephrata,
Though thou be little”
Passage is there, though
Context offers little aid.

And the famous “He has shown thee,
O man, what is good” list of three
Requirements shows up,
Something to grab hold of
Among men of dishonest scales.

A couple glimmers amidst a morass of
Unintelligibility.

I remember why I haven’t ever
Delved deep into most minor prophets.