Micah made it clear that God is a just God who will justly judge evil—in this case “the sins of the house of Israel” (Micah 1:5 ESV). The landowners, religious leaders, political powers, and city officials had abused their power, oppressed the people, and conspired to do evil (2:1, 7:3). They coveted and defrauded others of their property (2:2, 6:10), they stole and plundered (2:8), hated good and loved evil (3:2), oppressed the poor (3:3), despised justice and distorted truth (3:9), accepted bribes (3:11, 7:3), used their religious positions for profit (3:11), engaged in dishonest business practices (6:11), acted with violence and deceit (6:12), and murdered their own people (7:2). Keep in mind, these were not unbelievers or pagan nations. They were the children of Abraham, the people of God who had the Word of God and were in covenant with God to live by His commands and do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with Him (6:8). They were without excuse. Because of this, God would bring disaster upon Samaria (1:6–7), Jerusalem (1:12, 3:12, 4:10), the greedy landowners (2:3–5), the corrupt political figures (3:4), and the wicked and false prophets and priests (3:5–7).