You heads of the house of Jacob
And1 rulers of the house of Israel,
Who abhor justice
And pervert all equity,
bHer priests teach for pay,
And her prophets divine for1 money.
cYet they lean on the Lord, and say,
“Is not the Lord among us?
No harm can come upon us.”
Zion shall be aplowed like a field,
bJerusalem shall become heaps of ruins,
And cthe mountain of the temple
Like the bare hills of the forest.
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Micah 3:11
heads thereof—the princes of Jerusalem.
judge for reward—take bribes as judges (Micah 7:3).
priests teach for hire—It was their duty to teach the law and to decide controversies gratuitously (Leviticus 10:11; Deuteronomy 17:11; Malachi 2:7; compare Jeremiah 6:13; Judges 1:11).
prophets . . . divine—that is, false prophets.
Is not the Lord among us?—namely in the temple (Isaiah 48:2; Jeremiah 7:4, Jeremiah 7:8-11).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Micah 3:11:
Isaiah 56:11
Jeremiah 6:13
Jeremiah 7:4
Jeremiah 8:19
Jeremiah 14:18
Jeremiah 23:17
Ezekiel 13:19
Ezekiel 16:15
Ezekiel 22:27
Hosea 9:7
Amos 5:14
Micah 3:1
Zephaniah 3:5-7
Zephaniah 3:11
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