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- Title (1:1)
- First Cycle: Judgment and Restoration of Israel and Judah (1:2—2:13)
- Judgment on Israel and Judah (1:2—2:11)
- The predicted destruction (1:2–7)
- Lamentation over the destruction (1:8–16)
- Woe to oppressive land-grabbers (2:1–5)
- Condemnation of the wealthy wicked and their false prophets (2:6–11)
- Restoration of a Remnant (2:12–13)
- Second Cycle: Indictment of Judah’s Leaders, but Future Hope for God’s People (chs. 3–5)
- Indictment of Judah’s Leaders (ch. 3)
- Guilty civil leaders (3:1–4)
- False prophets of peace and Micah’s response (3:5–8)
- Corrupt leaders and Zion’s fall (3:9–12)
- Future Hope for God’s People (chs. 4–5)
- The coming kingdom (4:1–5)
- Restoration of a remnant and Zion (4:6–8)
- From distress to deliverance (4:9–10)
- From siege to victory (4:11–13)
- From helpless ruler to ideal king (5:1–4)
- The ideal king delivers his people (5:5–6)
- The remnant among the nations (5:7–9)
- Obliteration of military might and pagan worship (5:10–15)
- Third Cycle: God’s Charges against His People and the Ultimate Triumph of His Kingdom (chs. 6–7)
- God’s Charges against His People (6:1—7:7)
- A divine covenant lawsuit (6:1–8)
- Further charges and the sentence (6:9–16)
- A lament over a decadent society (7:1–7)
- The Ultimate Triumph of God’s Kingdom (7:8–20)
- An expression of trust (7:8–10)
- A promise of restoration (7:11–13)
- A prayer, the Lord’s answer, and the response (7:14–17)
- A hymn of praise to God (7:18–20)
