Micah 1 in the early church

[Vulgate: Micheas]

38 passages quote, allude to, or echo Micah 1, 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 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 11 · 12 · 13 · 16

Micah 1 as a whole

Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Mic 1–Mic:7	Canon 60 · Anonymous	allusion, high confidence	ca. 343–381
Mic 1–Mic:7	Canon 47 · Anonymous	allusion, high confidence	397

Micah 1:1

This is the word of the LORD that came to Micah the Moreshite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah—what he saw regarding Samaria and Jerusalem:
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Mic 1:1	Miscellanies 1.21.118 · Clement of Alexandria	allusion, high confidence	ca. 198–203
Mic 1:1	On Ecclesiastical Theology 2.18.2 · Eusebius of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 337–339
Mic 1:1	Letter 108.14 · Jerome	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 370–419
Mic 1:1	City of God 18.27 · Augustine of Hippo	allusion, high confidence	413–426

Micah 1:2

Hear, O peoples, all of you; listen, O earth, and everyone in it! May the Lord GOD bear witness against you, the Lord from His holy temple.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Mic 1:2	Miscellanies 4.26.169 · Clement of Alexandria	quotation, medium confidence	ca. 198–203
Mic 1:2–4	Commentary on John 20.152 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 230–248
Mic 1:2–5	Demonstration of the Gospel 6.13.1 · Eusebius of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 314–324
Mic 1:2	Demonstration of the Gospel 6.13.20 · Eusebius of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 314–324
Mic 1:2	Demonstration of the Gospel 6.13.21 · Eusebius of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 314–324
Mic 1:2–3	Demonstration of the Gospel 7.2.18 · Eusebius of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 314–324
Mic 1:2–5	Demonstration of the Gospel 8.3.1 · Eusebius of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 314–324
Mic 1:2–5	Tractates on the Psalms 64.8 · Hilary of Poitiers	quotation, high confidence	ca. 360–367

Micah 1:3

For behold, the LORD comes forth from His dwelling place; He will come down and tread on the high places of the earth.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Mic 1:3	Commentary on John 20.153 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 230–248
Mic 1:3	Homily on Isaiah 1 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 235–250
Mic 1:3	Prophetic Extracts 3.17 · Eusebius of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	before 325 (probably ca. 310–320)
Mic 1:3	Demonstration of the Gospel 6.13.3 · Eusebius of Caesarea	allusion, high confidence	ca. 314–324
Mic 1:3–4	Demonstration of the Gospel 8.3.6 · Eusebius of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 314–324
Mic 1:3	Explanation of Twelve Psalms 43.29.2 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 387-397

Micah 1:4

The mountains will melt beneath Him, and the valleys will split apart, like wax before the fire, like water rushing down a slope.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Mic 1:4	Prophetic Extracts 3.17 · Eusebius of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	before 325 (probably ca. 310–320)
Mic 1:4	Demonstration of the Gospel 6.13.5 · Eusebius of Caesarea	allusion, high confidence	ca. 314–324
Mic 1:4–5	Demonstration of the Gospel 6.13.15 · Eusebius of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 314–324
Mic 1:4	Demonstration of the Gospel 8.3.7 · Eusebius of Caesarea	allusion, high confidence	ca. 314–324
Mic 1:4	Explanation of Twelve Psalms 43.29.2 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 387-397

Micah 1:5

All this is for the transgression of Jacob and the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? And what is the high place of Judah? Is it not Jerusalem?
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Mic 1:5	Demonstration of the Gospel 6.13.11 · Eusebius of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 314–324
Mic 1:5–6	Demonstration of the Gospel 6.13.12 · Eusebius of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 314–324
Mic 1:5	Demonstration of the Gospel 7.2.19 · Eusebius of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 314–324
Mic 1:5	Demonstration of the Gospel 8.3.8 · Eusebius of Caesarea	allusion, high confidence	ca. 314–324

Micah 1:11

Depart in shameful nakedness, O dwellers of Shaphir. The dwellers of Zaanan will not come out. Beth-ezel is in mourning; its support is taken from you.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Mic 1:11	Homilies on Matthew 79.4 · John Chrysostom	quotation, high confidence	ca. 390

Micah 1:12

For the dwellers of Maroth pined for good, but calamity came down from the LORD, even to the gate of Jerusalem.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Mic 1:12	On First Principles 4.2.1 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 220–230 (Rufinus's translation 398)
Mic 1:12	PG 12:1161 (Ps 4 LXX) · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 220-254
Mic 1:12–13	Against Celsus 6.55 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 248
Mic 1:12	Against Celsus 6.56 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 248
Mic 1:12–13	Demonstration of the Gospel 6.13.13 · Eusebius of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 314–324
Mic 1:12	Homilies 9.1 · Basil of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 363-378

Micah 1:13

Harness your chariot horses, O dweller of Lachish. You were the beginning of sin to the Daughter of Zion, for the transgressions of Israel were found in you.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Mic 1:13	Homilies 9.1 · Basil of Caesarea	quotation, medium confidence	ca. 363-378

Micah 1:16

Shave yourselves bald and cut off your hair in mourning for your precious children; make yourselves as bald as an eagle, for they will go from you into exile.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Mic 1:16	Demonstration of the Gospel 6.13.14 · Eusebius of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 314–324