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... [ Continue Reading ]
FROM OFF THEM] i.e. the common people. 4. When God comes to judgment, they will find no mercy.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 fast and loose with principle for the sake of money, they lose all sense of principle. Right and duty... [ Continue Reading ]
COVER THEIR LIPS] a sign of mourning: cp. Leviticus 13:45; Ezekiel 24:17; Ezekiel 24:22. 8. Micah's ideal of the prophet's function, viz. to call sin by its right name. 10. i.e. they make the common people sweat blood to build their mansions in the capital.... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 prophecies of disaster, wished to put him to death. Some of the elders reminded them that, when Micah deno... [ Continue Reading ]