of deliverance in 4:9–5:5*[6*] (after removal of the later additions), which lead the daughter of Zion beyond the disaster and distress which have befallen her in the meantime. Only in three later texts in 6:2–7:7* do we find language that is somewhat more reminiscent of Micah’s. In 6:2–8* the catchword מִשְׁפָּט (“justice” v. 8*; cf. 3:1*, 8*, 9*) occurs. Here it is the first of two other key themes in the climax of an artistically shaped didactic sermon which combines quite different genre elements