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    Micah · 12 verses

    Micah 3

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    The rulers invoke the LORD with full confidence just before Zion is sentenced to ploughing, Jerusalem to rubble, and the temple mount to trees.

    A cooking pot for justicevv. 1–4

    The leaders of Jacob and rulers of Israel are summoned to know justice, though their conduct has wandered into a remarkably grim kitchen. They strip skin, flesh, and bones from the people, chop them up for the pot, and then discover that the LORD does not answer their cry. His face is hidden from them because of the evil they have done.

    Peace, provided there is chewingvv. 5–8

    The prophets lead the people astray according to a particularly exact arrangement of meals: peace is proclaimed while teeth are chewing, while war is declared against the person who has put nothing in the mouth. For these seers and diviners, night arrives without visions, the sun sets, and daylight turns black. They cover their mouths because there is no answer from God. Against them, the speaker stands filled with power, justice, and courage, declaring Jacob’s transgression and Israel’s sin.

    The confident ruin of the cityvv. 9–12

    The leaders despise justice and pervert what is right, building Zion with bloodshed and Jerusalem with iniquity. Leaders judge for bribes, priests teach for prices, and prophets practise divination for money; yet all lean upon the LORD and insist that no disaster can come. The answer is a splendidly thorough reversal: Zion becomes a ploughed field, Jerusalem a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.

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    1. Mic 3:1Then I said: “Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice?

    2. Mic 3:2You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones.

    3. Mic 3:3You eat the flesh of my people after stripping off their skin and breaking their bones. You chop them up like flesh for the cooking pot, like meat in a cauldron.”

    4. Mic 3:4Then they will cry out to the LORD, but He will not answer them. At that time He will hide His face from them because of the evil they have done.

    5. Mic 3:5This is what the LORD says: “As for the prophets who lead My people astray, who proclaim peace while they chew with their teeth, but declare war against one who puts nothing in their mouths:

    6. Mic 3:6Therefore night will come over you without visions, and darkness without divination. The sun will set on these prophets, and the daylight will turn black over them.

    7. Mic 3:7Then the seers will be ashamed and the diviners will be disgraced. They will all cover their mouths because there is no answer from God.”

    8. Mic 3:8As for me, however, I am filled with power by the Spirit of the LORD, with justice and courage, to declare to Jacob his transgression and to Israel his sin.

    9. Mic 3:9Now hear this, O leaders of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who despise justice and pervert all that is right,

    10. Mic 3:10who build Zion with bloodshed and Jerusalem with iniquity.

    11. Mic 3:11Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us.”

    12. Mic 3:12Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.

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    • 11Jeremiah 6:13“For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.
    • 8Isaiah 58:1“Cry aloud, do not hold back! Raise your voice like a ram’s horn. Declare to My people their transgression and to the house of Jacob their sins.
    • 11Isaiah 1:23Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.
    • 81 Corinthians 2:12–13We have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us.
    • 11Micah 3:5This is what the LORD says: “As for the prophets who lead My people astray, who proclaim peace while they chew with their teeth, but declare war against one who puts nothing in their mouths:
    • 12Jeremiah 26:18“Micah the Moreshite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah and told all the people of Judah that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.’
    • 2Ezekiel 22:27Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives for dishonest gain.
    • 4Proverbs 1:28Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me.
    • 4Isaiah 1:15When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.
    • 81 Corinthians 2:4My message and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power,
    • 5Jeremiah 14:14–15“The prophets are prophesying lies in My name,” replied the LORD. “I did not send them or appoint them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision, a worthless divination, the futility and delusion of their own minds.
    • 11Acts 8:18–20When Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money.
    • 11Titus 1:11who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should not.
    • 3Psalms 14:4Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon the LORD.
    • 4Psalms 18:41They cried for help, but there was no one to save them—to the LORD, but He did not answer.
    • 4Ezekiel 8:18Therefore I will respond with wrath. I will not look on them with pity, nor will I spare them. Although they shout loudly in My ears, I will not listen to them.”

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