Micah 3 documents the total failure of the judicial and religious systems in Jerusalem, using graphic metaphors of cannibalism to describe how leaders exploit the citizenry. The prophet contrasts his own spirit-filled boldness with the silence of the seers who can no longer hear from God. This chapter concludes with the startling prediction that Zion will be plowed like a field because of its leaders' bloodguilt.
v1-4: The Judicial Cannibalism of the Rulers
v5-8: The Silence of the False Prophets and the Power of Micah
v9-12: The Corruption of the Capital and the Fate of the Temple
Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.
Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings.
Thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him.
Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them.
The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us.
Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.
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Micah describes the leaders as hating the good and loving the evil, which is the ultimate reversal of their job description. The 'Word Secret' is Mishpat, meaning 'justice,' which Micah insists is the core duty of a leader, though they have completely perverted it for bribes. Discover the riches with micah 3 commentary, containing expert led word study (original greek/hebrew) and passage level analysis.
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