Micah 3:5

Thus saith Hashem concerning the nevi'im that make Ami err, leading them astray, 1 the nevi'im that bite with their teeth, and preach: Shalom! 1 And whoever putteth nothing into their mouths, 1 v'kiddeshu milchamah (they sanctify war) against him. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

4Then shall they cry unto Hashem, 1 but He will not hear them; 1 He will even hide His face from them at that time, 1 because of the evil way they behaved themselves in their doings. 1

6Therefore lailah shall be unto you, because of the chazon; 1 and choshech shall come upon you because of the soothsaying, the divination; 1 and the shemesh shall go down over the nevi'im, 1 and hayom shall be dark over them. 1

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Cross References

Isaiah 3:12As for My people, children are their nogesim (taskmasters), 1 and nashim rule over them. 1 O My people, they which lead thee cause thee to go astray, 1 misleading and swallowing up the Derech Orkhot (way of paths) of thee. 1

Isaiah 56:9All ye animals of the wild, come to devour, 1 yes, all ye animals in the ya'ar (forest). 1

Jeremiah 6:14They have provided superficial treatment for Ami, 1 saying: Shalom, shalom; v'ein shalom. 1

Jeremiah 23:9Mine lev within me is broken 1 because of the nevi'im; 1 all my atzmot shake; 1 I am like an ish shikkor, 1 and like a gever (man) whom yayin hath overcome, 1 because of Hashem, 1 and because of Divrei Kadsho (His Holy Devarim). 1

Jeremiah 23:32Hineni, I am against them that prophesy chalomot sheker, saith Hashem, and do tell them, and cause My people to err by their lies, and by their recklessness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith Hashem.

Jeremiah 29:21Thus saith Hashem Tzva'os Elohei Yisroel, about Ach'av Ben Kolayah, and of Tzidkiyah Ben Ma'aseiyah, which prophesy sheker unto you in My Name; Hineni, I will deliver them into the yad Nevukhadretzar Melech Bavel; and he shall slay them before your eynayim;

Matthew Henry on Micah 3:2-8

The Crimes of the Princes and Prophets. ( b. c. 726.) 1 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? 2 Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones; 3 Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron. 4 Then shall they cry unto the Lord , but he… Read the whole commentary →

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