Micah 3:1

I also said: Hear, O ye heads of Jacob, And ye leaders of the house of Israel! Is it not for you to administer justice?

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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

2But ye hate what is good, and love what is evil; Ye tear from men their skin, Yea, their flesh from their bones;

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Cross References

Psalms 14:4Shall not the evil-doers be requited, Who devour my people like bread, And call not upon Jehovah?

Isaiah 1:10Hear ye the word of Jehovah, ye princes of Sodom! Give ear to the instruction of our God, ye people of Gomorrah!

Jeremiah 5:4Then I said, These are only the poor; They are foolish, because they know not the way of Jehovah, The law of their God.

Jeremiah 13:15Hear ye, and attend! be not lifted up! For Jehovah speaketh.

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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