Micah 3
3
Micah Prophesies against Judah’s Leaders
1Then I said,
“Listen, you leaders of the tribes of Jacob,
you princes among the people of Israel.
Is it not your duty to see that justice prevails?
2Yet you hate what is good and love what is evil.
You skin my people alive, pulling the flesh off their bones.
3Like butchers, you tear the skin off my people.
You break their bones and chop them up
like stew meat for the pot.
Like wild animals, you rip the flesh off their bones
and devour my people. # 3:3 See Ps. 14:4.
4Then you will cry out to him, but he will not answer your prayers.
Yahweh will hide his face from you rulers
because you have totally misused your power.”
Micah Prophesies against False Prophets
5Here is what Yahweh says against the prophets
who lead my people so far from the truth:
“So long as they pay you, you prophesy peace.
But if they don’t, you threaten war. # 3:5 Or “When you have something to eat [literally “when you bite with your teeth”], you promise peace, but if they don’t put food in your mouth, you declare war against them.” In the time of Micah, prophets were paid not only with cash payments but also with food. In the final clause—“you threaten war”—the Hebrew verb used is qadash, which has the predominant sense of “sanctify” or “consecrate.” The underlying sense here is that war conducted by God’s people against their pagan enemies was routinely preceded by certain sacred ritual ceremonies (see Josh. 3:5; 1 Sam. 13:8–12).
6So, darkness will close in around you,
and you will receive no prophetic visions.
A shroud of darkness will bring your predictions to an end.
The sun will set for the prophets,
and the daylight will go dark for them.
7Then shame will silence the seers.
Confusion will cover those who predict the future.
Humiliated, they will all put their hands over their mouths # 3:7 Or “they will all cover their lips/mouths/lower part of their faces.” This action was associated with classic mourning in ancient Israelite culture, indicating profound grief, shame, or humiliation—or all three (see Ezek. 24:17). Of course, the reason for this was that, as a judgment from God for their wickedness, they had lost their ability to predict the future. They were confronted with a profound divine silence.
because there is no word from God.”
8Not so with me, for I am full of power!
Yahweh’s breath # 3:8 Or “Yahweh’s Spirit.” fills me with a sense of justice
and courage to expose the rebellion of Jacob’s tribes
and the sin of the people of Israel. # 3:8 God’s prophets have heaven’s strength, the breath (Spirit) of God, a passion for justice, and boldness to speak truth to power.
9Now hear this, you leaders of the tribes of Jacob,
you princes of the people of Israel:
You hate justice
and distort right into wrong.
10Indeed, you build up Zion and Jerusalem
but upon an immoral foundation of murder and malice.
11Her judges render verdicts for the highest bidder,
her priests preach for a price,
her prophets prophesy # 3:11 Or “tell fortunes.” for a fee,
and yet they pretend to depend upon Yahweh.
“Isn’t Yahweh on our side?” they say.
“How could any disaster come upon us?”
12That is why, thanks to you,
Zion will return to farmland,
Jerusalem to a pile of rubble,
and the Temple Mount will be deserted—
overgrown with thickets. # 3:12 Micah was the first of the prophets to prophesy the overthrow of Israel and destruction of Jerusalem. During the reign of Hezekiah, the king heeded Micah’s words and carried out religious reforms (see 2 Kings 18:1–8; 2 Chron. 29–31).
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3
Micah Prophesies against Judah’s Leaders
1Then I said,
“Listen, you leaders of the tribes of Jacob,
you princes among the people of Israel.
Is it not your duty to see that justice prevails?
2Yet you hate what is good and love what is evil.
You skin my people alive, pulling the flesh off their bones.
3Like butchers, you tear the skin off my people.
You break their bones and chop them up
like stew meat for the pot.
Like wild animals, you rip the flesh off their bones
and devour my people. # 3:3 See Ps. 14:4.
4Then you will cry out to him, but he will not answer your prayers.
Yahweh will hide his face from you rulers
because you have totally misused your power.”
Micah Prophesies against False Prophets
5Here is what Yahweh says against the prophets
who lead my people so far from the truth:
“So long as they pay you, you prophesy peace.
But if they don’t, you threaten war. # 3:5 Or “When you have something to eat [literally “when you bite with your teeth”], you promise peace, but if they don’t put food in your mouth, you declare war against them.” In the time of Micah, prophets were paid not only with cash payments but also with food. In the final clause—“you threaten war”—the Hebrew verb used is qadash, which has the predominant sense of “sanctify” or “consecrate.” The underlying sense here is that war conducted by God’s people against their pagan enemies was routinely preceded by certain sacred ritual ceremonies (see Josh. 3:5; 1 Sam. 13:8–12).
6So, darkness will close in around you,
and you will receive no prophetic visions.
A shroud of darkness will bring your predictions to an end.
The sun will set for the prophets,
and the daylight will go dark for them.
7Then shame will silence the seers.
Confusion will cover those who predict the future.
Humiliated, they will all put their hands over their mouths # 3:7 Or “they will all cover their lips/mouths/lower part of their faces.” This action was associated with classic mourning in ancient Israelite culture, indicating profound grief, shame, or humiliation—or all three (see Ezek. 24:17). Of course, the reason for this was that, as a judgment from God for their wickedness, they had lost their ability to predict the future. They were confronted with a profound divine silence.
because there is no word from God.”
8Not so with me, for I am full of power!
Yahweh’s breath # 3:8 Or “Yahweh’s Spirit.” fills me with a sense of justice
and courage to expose the rebellion of Jacob’s tribes
and the sin of the people of Israel. # 3:8 God’s prophets have heaven’s strength, the breath (Spirit) of God, a passion for justice, and boldness to speak truth to power.
9Now hear this, you leaders of the tribes of Jacob,
you princes of the people of Israel:
You hate justice
and distort right into wrong.
10Indeed, you build up Zion and Jerusalem
but upon an immoral foundation of murder and malice.
11Her judges render verdicts for the highest bidder,
her priests preach for a price,
her prophets prophesy # 3:11 Or “tell fortunes.” for a fee,
and yet they pretend to depend upon Yahweh.
“Isn’t Yahweh on our side?” they say.
“How could any disaster come upon us?”
12That is why, thanks to you,
Zion will return to farmland,
Jerusalem to a pile of rubble,
and the Temple Mount will be deserted—
overgrown with thickets. # 3:12 Micah was the first of the prophets to prophesy the overthrow of Israel and destruction of Jerusalem. During the reign of Hezekiah, the king heeded Micah’s words and carried out religious reforms (see 2 Kings 18:1–8; 2 Chron. 29–31).
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