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This chapter, sublime though it may be, exposes once again the fundamental imbalance in prophetic rhetoric. As always, when God, speaking through a prophet, issues a call for a debate with the Jews, what follows is not a debate but a harangue.<\/span><\/p>\n

And God, as always, comes off sounding like the sort of clueless parent who, when presented with a list of grievances, will protest: \u201cBut I paid for your college tuition!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

What is needed is\u2026a counter-prophet, who will ask God the hard questions and equalize the debate.<\/span><\/p>\n

Let us recast the chapter with the counter-prophet advocating for the Jewish people.<\/span><\/p>\n

God\/Micah: O my people, what have I ever done to you?<\/span><\/p>\n

Counter-Prophet: Crusades, inquisitions, pogroms\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

God\/Micah: But wherein have I wearied you?<\/span><\/p>\n

Counter-Prophet: Auschwitz, Treblinka, Bergen-Belsen\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

God\/Micah: I took you out of Egypt!<\/span><\/p>\n

Counter-Prophet: We\u2019re still in Egypt (only they call it America)!\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

God\/Micah: I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.<\/span><\/p>\n

Counter-Prophet: What have you done for us lately?<\/span><\/p>\n

God\/Micah: I gave you the State of Israel!<\/span><\/p>\n

Counter-Prophet: We paid for that dearly in blood.<\/span><\/p>\n

God\/Micah: Remember Balaam.<\/span><\/p>\n

Counter-Prophet: We remember only the talking donkey!<\/span><\/p>\n

God\/Micah: Everything I did was just so that you may know the righteous acts of the Lord.<\/span><\/p>\n

Counter-Prophet: You have a funny way of showing them.<\/span><\/p>\n

God\/Micah: I expect gratitude.<\/span><\/p>\n

Counter-Prophet: Well, aren\u2019t we the most generous people on earth? We give to our local synagogue, to UJA, to Israel Bonds. Isn\u2019t that enough?<\/span><\/p>\n

God\/Micah: All I ask is that you do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with your God.<\/span><\/p>\n

Counter-Prophet: And all WE ask is for a God who will have our back, who won\u2019t use us as a whipping boy for all the world\u2019s ills, and who won\u2019t make impossible demands of us.<\/span><\/p>\n

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