Micah 3:1

And I sayd, Heare, I pray you, O heads of Iaakob, and yee princes of the house of Israel: should not ye knowe iudgement?

Geneva Bible 1599

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 they hate the good, and loue the euill: they plucke off their skinnes from them, and their flesh from their bones.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 1:13Bring you men of wisedome and of vnderstanding, and knowen among your tribes, and I will make them rulers ouer you:

2 Chronicles 19:5And hee set iudges in the lande throughout all the strong cities of Iudah, citie by citie,

Psalms 14:4Doe not all the workers of iniquitie know that they eate vp my people, as they eate bread? they call not vpon the Lord.

Isaiah 1:10Heare the worde of the Lord, O princes of Sodom: hearken vnto the Law of our God, O people of Gomorah.

Jeremiah 5:4Therefore I saide, Surely they are poore, they are foolish, for they know not the way of the Lord, nor the iudgement of their God.

Jeremiah 13:15Heare and giue eare, be not proude: for the Lord hath spoken it.

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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