Hire. It is not lawful to refuse instruction to those who have nothing; nor must priests act solely for a temporal reward, though reason shews that they should be supported by those whom they have to teach, Matthew x. 8, 10., Galatians vi. 6., and 1 Timothy v. 18. (Calmet) --- The judges grew rich by other people's quarrels; and, as all ranks offended, they were justly involved in ruin, ver. 12. (Worthington)
Verse Micah 3:11. _THE HEADS THEREOF JUDGE FOR REWARD_] This does not apply to the _regular law officers_, who have their proper _salaries_ for giving up their whole time and attention to the conscie...
THE HEADS THEREOF JUDGE FOR REWARD - Every class was corrupted. One sin, the root of all evil 1 Timothy 6:10, covetousness, entered into all they did. It, not God, was their one end, and so their God....
THE SECOND PROPHETIC MESSAGE CHAPTER 3 _ 1. Address to the godless princes and judges (Micah 3:1) _ 2. Address to the false prophets (Micah 3:5) 3. The verdict of judgment (Micah 3:9)...
FALSE CONFIDENCE ISSUING IN THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM. Micah again addresses the rulers, who have founded the prosperity of the capital on violence and injustice (Micah 3:9 f.;_ cf._ Jeremiah 22:13...
JUDGE FOR REWARD, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 23:8; Deuteronomy 10:17; Deuteronomy 16:19; Deuteronomy 27:25. Th
_THE SINS OF THE LEADERS OF JERUSALEM -- MICAH 3:9-11:_ In a scathing rebuke Micah wrote about the injustice of rulers and love of money of prophets. He said, "You leaders accept bribes for dishonest...
CONCLUSION OF THE DENUNCIATIONS. Micah 3:9-12 RV. Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, that abhor justice, and pervert all equity. They build up Zi...
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 c...
WICKEDNESS IN HIGH PLACES Micah returns to his indictment against the people's leaders. Their power was given for the sake of justice, and they have abused it for extortion (Micah 3:1). Their time sha...
_Is_ NOT THE LORD AMONG US?] the same mechanical faith in the presence of the Temple as in Jeremiah 7:4 : cp. 1 Samuel 4:3. 12. Cp. Jeremiah 26:17. The people of Jeremiah's time, angered by his prophe...
God himself was the real king (ruler) of *Israel. He chose to teach his words (his law) by means of the leaders. These were in three groups. 1) The rulers. They were the judges. They used the law in...
MICAH SPEAKS A MESSAGE FROM GOD TO ALL THE NATIONS MICAH _LES PAINTER_ CHAPTER 3 SECTION 2 3:1-5:15 MICAH ACCUSES FALSE LEADERS. HE PROMISES THAT A GOOD, FAIR KING WILL COME 3:1-12 THE FALSE LEA...
FOR REWARD. — Every function is carried out by judges, priests, and prophets through bribery, and yet they claim and count upon the protection of Jehovah. They rely for safety upon the presence of the...
רָאשֶׁ֣יהָ ׀ בְּ שֹׁ֣חַד יִשְׁפֹּ֗טוּ וְ כֹהֲנֶ֨יהָ֙...
THE PROPHET OF THE POOR Micah 2:1; Micah 3:1 WE have proved Micah's love for his countryside in the effusion of his heart upon her villages with a grief for their danger greater than his grief for Je...
THE PUNISHMENT OF AVARICE Micah 3:1-12 The princes who as magistrates should have administered justice to others sat around the caldron, casting in the very flesh and skin of the people whom they wer...
Addressing himself directly to the rulers of the people, in this second message the prophet describes their peculiar sin, and announces the coming judgment. He then foretells the coming of the one tru...
The Chapter closeth as it opened, full of judgment; but all preparatory to mercy, as the following Chapter declares. Indeed we ought to read both together, that we might do as the Psalmist did, when h...
Lectures on the Minor Prophets. W. Kelly. The prophecy of Micah, like all the rest, has its own distinctive properties, though falling into the general current of testimony to Israel, and so far with...
The Prophet shows here first, how gross and supine was the hypocrisy of princes as well as of the priests and prophets: and then he declares that they were greatly deceived in thus soothing themselves...
The prophet again denounces the heads and princes of Jacob. They should cry unto Jehovah. But He would not hear them. No prophet should enlighten them with the light of His word. The seers should be c...
THE HEADS THEREOF JUDGE FOR REWARD,.... That is, the heads or principal men of Zion and Jerusalem; the kings, or sanhedrim, according to Kimchi; but as this prophecy was delivered in the times of Heze...
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...
_Hear this, ye heads of the house of Jacob_, &c. This address to the great men, shows the prophet's courage and impartiality. _That abhor judgment_, &c. Who do not love to pass a right judgment in mat...
The heads thereof judge for reward, being influenced in their decisions by bribe money, AND THE PRIESTS THEREOF TEACH FOR HIRE, for additional fees, although the Law required that they decide controve...
THE SINS OF THE RULERS AND THE DESOLATION OF ZION. Also in this Chapter the discourse is directed to the nobility of the people, who abused the authority of their high official station by oppressing...
AND SAY: _ Heb._ saying...
9-12 Zion's walls owe no thanks to those that build them up with blood and iniquity. The sin of man works not the righteousness of God. Even when men do that which in itself is good, but do it for fi...
THE HEADS THEREOF JUDGE FOR REWARD; whereas the judges were God's deputies, to hear and determine causes, as the merit of the causes were found, without respect of persons, they should have been caref...
Micah 3:11 heads H7218 judge H8199 (H8799) bribe H7810 priests H3548 teach H3384 (H8686) pay H4242 prophets...
HE SUMMARISES THE SITUATION IN THE LAND AND DECLARES WHAT WILL COME UPON THEM AS A RESULT (MICAH 3:9). Micah now advises the corrupt leaders of their sins and of what is coming on them because of them...
CONTENTS: Coming judgments of the captivities. The priests and prophets rebuked. CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, princes, prophets. CONCLUSION: Men cannot expect to do ill and fare well simply because...
Micah 3:10. _They build up Zion with blood._ The Chaldaic reads, they build up the houses of Zion with blood. They oppress the poor to a premature death, in order to build their town and country house...
_Hear this. .. ye heads of the house of Jacob. .. that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity _ RECTITUDE I. There is an eternal law of “right” that should govern man in all his relations. Right, as...
MICAH 3:1 The Present Injustice and the Future Prospect of Just Rule in Jerusalem. The second section focuses on the corrupt leadership in the house of Israel (Micah 3:1). Jerusalem’s restoration amon...
MICAH—NOTE ON MICAH 3:9 This third oracle of judgment adds priests to the previously addressed civil rulers (vv. Micah 3:1) and false prophets (vv....
MICAH—NOTE ON MICAH 3:11 HEADS... PRIESTS... PROPHETS. All the leaders give the people the results they desire, in exchange for payment. LEAN ON THE LORD. They expect God to save them, even though t
CRITICAL NOTES.] MICAH 3:9. HEAR] Resumed from Micah 3:1. HEADS] Whose ungodly conduct is briefly summed up again. ABHOR] As a thing loathsome and abominable (Heb.) MICAH 3:10. BUILD] Lit. building w...
EXPOSITION VERSE 3:1-5:15 Part II. DENUNCIATION OF THE CRIMES OF THE GRANDEES, FOLLOWED BY A PROMISE OF THE GLORIFICATION OF ZION, THE BIRTH...
Now the Lord speaks of the coming judgment that is going to come against those that have gone into captivity. And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; Is...
1 Peter 5:2; 1 Samuel 12:3; 1 Samuel 12:4; 1 Samuel 4:3; 1 Samuel 8:3;...
Lean — Pretend to trust in him. Among us — As our God and our shield....