Micah 3:1

And I said: Listen, leaders of Jacob and chiefs of the house of Israel. Does it not belong to you to know judgment,

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In The King James Version

And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment?

In Context

2you who hold hatred for good, and love evil, who violently steal their skins from over them and their flesh from over their bones?

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 1:13Offer, from among you, wise and experienced men, those whose conversation has been proven within your tribes, so that I may appoint them as your rulers.’

2 Chronicles 19:5And he appointed judges of the land, in all the fortified cities of Judah, in each place.

Psalms 14:4In his sight, the malicious one has been reduced to nothing, but he glorifies those who fear the Lord. He who swears to his neighbor and does not deceive.

Isaiah 1:10Listen to the Word of the Lord, you leaders of the people of Sodom. Listen closely to the law of our God, O people of Gomorrah.

Jeremiah 5:4But I said: Perhaps these are the poor and the senseless, who are ignorant of the way of the Lord, of the judgment of their God.

Jeremiah 13:15Hear and pay close attention. Do not choose to lift yourself up, for the Lord has spoken.

Matthew Henry on Micah 3:1

What the apostle says of another of the prophets is true of this, who was also his contemporary—"Esaias is very bold," Rom. x. 20 . So, in this chapter, Micah is very bold in reproving and threatening the great men that were the ringleaders in sin; and he gives the reason ( ver. 8 ) why he was so bold, because he had commission and instruction from God to say what he said, and was carried out in it by a higher spirit and power than his own. Magistracy and ministry are two great ordinances of God, for good to his… Read the whole commentary →

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