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Seeing the biblical prophets in context makes all the difference in understanding their messages. In The Prophets of Israel, Old Testament scholar and longtime field archaeologist James K. Hoffmeier explores the biblical prophets through their ancient settings. Readers gain a more accurate and comprehensive understanding through many practical components: • Full-color photos and images of...

In Micah 6–7 a series of rhetorical questions are asked to determine if God will be mollified and withhold judgment and exile if the people make offerings and sacrifices “with thousands of rams and ten thousand rivers of oil” (Mic. 6:7). The implied answer to all of these is “no,” as the next verse makes clear. Not even if the people were to offer their firstborn children as an ultimate sacrifice would the LORD be satisfied.
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