And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment?
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Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.
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But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.
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Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.
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They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
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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.
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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 3 Study & Commentary
Micah 3 - Judgment on Corrupt Leaders: Micah denounces the princes for "eating the flesh of my people" and the prophets who "divine for money." He declares that because of their corruption, Zion shall be "plowed as a field."
THEOLOGICAL CONTEXT
1. Cannibalistic Leadership: Using graphic metaphors to show how leaders were consuming the very people they were supposed to protect.2. Spiritual Blindness: God will hide His face from the false prophets, leaving them in darkness without a vision.
3. The Power of the Spirit (v. 8): Micah contrasts himself with the false prophets, being "full of power by the spirit of the Lord" to declare sin.
PRACTICAL LESSONS
1. Authority as Stewardship: Leadership is for service, not for self-enrichment or exploitation.2. The Courage of Truth: True spiritual power is often shown in the courage to speak uncomfortable truths to those in power.
