Micah 3:1

וָאֹמַר שִׁמְעוּ ־ נָא רָאשֵׁי יַעֲקֹב וּקְצִינֵי בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל הֲלוֹא לָכֶם לָדַעַת אֶת ־ הַמִּשְׁפָּֽט ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

2שֹׂנְאֵי טוֹב וְאֹהֲבֵי רעה גֹּזְלֵי עוֹרָם מֵֽעֲלֵיהֶם וּשְׁאֵרָם מֵעַל עַצְמוֹתָֽם ׃

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 1:13הָבוּ לָכֶם אֲנָשִׁים חֲכָמִים וּנְבֹנִים וִידֻעִים לְשִׁבְטֵיכֶם וַאֲשִׂימֵם בְּרָאשֵׁיכֶֽם ׃

2 Chronicles 19:5וַיַּעֲמֵד שֹֽׁפְטִים בָּאָרֶץ בְּכָל ־ עָרֵי יְהוּדָה הַבְּצֻרוֹת לְעִיר וָעִֽיר ׃

Psalms 14:4הֲלֹא יָדְעוּ כָּל ־ פֹּעֲלֵי אָוֶן אֹכְלֵי עַמִּי אָכְלוּ לֶחֶם יְהוָה לֹא קָרָֽאוּ ׃

Isaiah 1:10שִׁמְעוּ דְבַר ־ יְהוָה קְצִינֵי סְדֹם הַאֲזִינוּ תּוֹרַת אֱלֹהֵינוּ עַם עֲמֹרָֽה ׃

Jeremiah 5:4וַאֲנִי אָמַרְתִּי אַךְ ־ דַּלִּים הֵם נוֹאֲלוּ כִּי לֹא יָדְעוּ דֶּרֶךְ יְהוָה מִשְׁפַּט אֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם ׃

Jeremiah 13:15שִׁמְעוּ וְהַאֲזִינוּ אַל ־ תִּגְבָּהוּ כִּי יְהוָה דִּבֵּֽר ׃

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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