SPECIAL TOPIC: JUSTICE

The Hebrew term (BDB 1048) has a wide semantic field:

1. the act of judging (e.g., Isa. 41:1; 59:11; Hosea 5:1,11; 10:4; Micah 7:9)
2. justice
   1. an attribute of God (e.g., Hosea 2:19)
   2. an attribute of man (e.g., Micah 3:1; 6:8; Isa. 1:17)
3. ordinance
   1. of God (e.g., Jer. 8:7)
   2. of king (e.g., 1 Sam. 8:9,11)
4. judge's decision (e.g., Exod. 21:1,31; 24:3)
5. one's legal right (e.g., Isa. 10:2; 49:4; Jer. 5:8)
6. custom (e.g., 1 Kgs. 18:28; 2 Kgs. 11:14; 17:34)

This term is found several times in Micah (cf. Mic. 3:1,8,9; 6:8; 7:9) as well as other eighth century prophets.

1. Isaiah, 41 times
2. Amos, 4 times
3. Hosea, 6 times

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