Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Micah 3:5
That bite — When they are furnished with gifts, and well fed. Prepare war — They do them all the mischief they can.
That bite — When they are furnished with gifts, and well fed. Prepare war — They do them all the mischief they can.
Verse Micah 3:5. _THAT BITE WITH THEIR TEETH_] That eat to the full; that are well provided for, and as long as they are so, prophesy smooth things, and cry, _Peace_! i.e., Ye shall have nothing but...
THE PROPHETS THAT MAKE MY PEOPLE ERR - Flattering them in their sins and rebellions, promising that they shall go unpunished, that God is not so strict, will not put in force the judgments tie threate...
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)...
THE UNJUST RULERS AND FALSE PROPHETS OF JUDAH. Micah first addresses those whose official duty it is to know justice, _i.e._ sympathetically, and declares that in fact they love its opposite, and crue...
ERR. go astray. BITE WITH THEIR TEETH. Alluding to the idolatrous practices of the heathen round the altars of Baal, biting an olive in their mouths and crying "peace", of which the olive was the sym...
_THE SINS OF THE PROPHETS -- MICAH 3:5-8:_ The prophets declared peace when there was no peace. The very ones that should have helped the people walk with God caused them to err. These false prophets...
AND CRY, PEACE— "Who speak nothing but agreeable and friendly things, so long as any thing is given them to satisfy their covetousness; but who proclaim war, and become bitter enemies to those that do...
MERCENARY PROPHETS. Micah 3:5-8 RV. Thus saith Jehovah concerning the prophets that make my people to err; that bite with their teeth and cry, Peace; and whoso putteth not into their mouths, they even...
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. THUS SAI...
3:5 prepare (e-29) Lit. 'hallow,' as Jeremiah 6:4 ; Jeremiah 51:27 ,Jeremiah 51:28 ; Joel 3:9 ....
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...
THAT BITE WITH THEIR TEETH, AND CRY. PEACE] i.e. any one who fills the prophet's mouth secures his silence about his patron's sins. 6. Judicial darkness shall fall on these prophets. When men play fa...
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...
THAT BITE WITH THEIR TEETH. — The concluding statement that the false prophets declare war against those who do not put into their mouth indicates the meaning of the former expression, namely, “they s...
כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה עַל ־הַ נְּבִיאִ֖ים הַ
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...
Thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that make my people err, that (d) bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him. (d)...
_Peace. They pretend goodness, while they do the greatest mischief. --- Prepare. Literally, "sanctify," (Haydock) or denounce war. (Calmet) --- False prophets seek their private lucre. (Worthington)_...
It must have been a sad day with the Church, and indeed the history of those times proves it was, when it was as with the priest, so with the people. A state of general corruption prevailed. Isaiah th...
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...
Micah accuses here the Prophets, in the first place, of avarice and of a desire for filthy lucre. But he begins by saying that he spoke by God’s command, and as it were from his mouth, in order that h...
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...
THUS SAITH THE LORD, CONCERNING THE PROPHETS THAT MAKE MY PEOPLE ERR,.... The false prophets, as the Targum; and as the description given of them shows; who, instead of directing the people in the rig...
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. Ver. 5....
_Thus saith the Lord concerning the prophets_ As the prophets prophesied falsely, and it was chiefly through their means that the princes bore rule, the prophet next addresses them, and lets them hear...
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...
Thus saith the Lord concerning the prophets, namely, the false prophets, who presumed to speak in the name of the Lord without being sent, THAT MAKE MY PEOPLE ERR, leading them astray, THAT BITE WITH...
1-8 Men cannot expect to do ill, and fare well; but to find that done to them which they did to others. How seldom do wholesome truths reach the ears of those in high stations or in authority! Those...
THUS SAITH THE LORD: now Micah in the name of the Lord foretells what shall become of false prophets, he had frankly dealt with the seculars, now he deals as plainly with the ecclesiastics. CONCERNING...
Micah 3:5 says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 prophets H5030 people H5971 stray H8582 (H8688) chant H7121 ...
MICAH'S INDICTMENT OF JUDAH (MICAH 3:1). Micah inveighs first against the leadership of Judah, and then against the prophets who make people err for the sake of money, and the priests who teach for hi...
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...
_Thus saith the Lord concerning the prophets that make My people err _ FALSE PROPHETS Here the prophet attacks the false prophets, as before he had attacked the “princes. ” I. They are DECEIVING....
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 3:5 PEACE... WAR. Profit-seeking prophets proclaim that all is well, as long as they receive what they ask for. ⇐...
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 hi...
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...
Ezekiel 13:10; Ezekiel 13:18; Ezekiel 13:19; Ezekiel 22:25;...