CRITICAL NOTES.] Punishment is threatened against the heads and leaders of Israel. MICAH 3:1. PRINCES] Administrators of justice. YOU] Above every one. TO KNOW] To regard justice (Isaiah 42:25). MICAH 3:2. PLUCK] Proverbial for the greatest injustice and inhumanity (Ezekiel 22:27; Zephaniah 3:3).... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.] MICAH 3:5. PROPHETS] False prophets flatter and promise security from judgment. BITE] Like serpents; cry, PEACE] When they are doing mischief. PREPARE] Lit. “_sanctify war_ against him (cf. Joel 3:9); as if the cause of their own appetite were the cause of Heaven!” [_Words_]. MICA... [ Continue Reading ]
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 with wealth and money obtained by bribes and murder of the innocent (Jeremiah 22:13; Ezekiel 22:27; H... [ Continue Reading ]