Micah 3:1

Then said I, Hear, I pray you, ye heads of Jacob, and ye judges of the house of Israel,—Is it not yours to know justice?

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

2Ye haters of right, and lovers of wrong,—tearing away their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 1:13Set forth for you—men wise and discerning, and known to your tribes,—that I may appoint them to be heads over you.

2 Chronicles 19:5And he stationed judges in the land, throughout all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city;

Psalms 14:4Are all the workers of iniquity, without knowledge? devouring my people [as] they devour food! Upon Yahweh, have they not called.

Isaiah 1:10Hear the word of Yahweh, ye rulers of Sodom,—Give ear to the instruction of our God, ye people of Gomorrah:—

Jeremiah 5:4And, I, said,—Only, poor people, are they,—They act foolishly, For they know not the way of Yahweh, the justice of their God!

Jeremiah 13:15Hear ye and give ear, be not haughty,—For Yahweh, hath 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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