“Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.”
The citation of Micah's prophecy that Zion will be plowed like a field and Jerusalem become heaps represents historical precedent for a true prophet announcing the city's destruction. The fact that the king and officials listened to Micah and did not put him to death suggests that accepting prophetic warning is the proper response. The appeal to historical precedent shows that the pattern of responding to harsh prophecy is established in Israel's history. The verse shows Jeremiah is in a tradition of prophets calling to reformation.
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