Micah 3:1-12

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 shall be short (Micah 3:4). The prophets have abused their trust in order, by flattery of the rich, to make a good living for themselves. To them Micah prophesies judicial darkness (Micah 3:5). He declares his own ideal of the prophetic office (Micah 3:8). Finally, he accuses all the leaders of the nation of having followed their own appetites. and trusted in their being necessary to God. God will prove by the ruin of Jerusalem that He loves righteousness more than' Jerusalem (Micah 3:9).

1. Is it not for you, etc.] i.e. is it not the reason for your holding power, to declare right to the people?