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Micah 3

Clinging to a Counterfeit Cross
Introduction

1  The cruelty of the princes.
5  The falsehood of the prophets.
8  The ill-grounded security of them both.

Verse 1

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?
Cir
A.M. 3294. B.C. 710. Hear.
9,10, Isaiah 1:10, Jeremiah 13:15-18, 22:2,3, Hosea 5:1, Amos 4:1
Is it
Deuteronomy 1:13-17, 16:18, 2 Chronicles 19:5-10, Psalms 14:4, 82:1-5, Jeremiah 5:4,5, 1 Corinthians 6:5

Verse 2

Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
hate
1 Kings 21:20, 22:6-8, Amos 5:10-14, Luke 19:14, John 7:7, 15:18,19,23,24, Acts 7:51,52, Romans 12:9, 2 Timothy 3:3
love
2 Chronicles 19:2, Psalms 15:4, 139:21,22, Proverbs 28:4, John 18:40, Romans 1:32
pluck
Psalms 53:4, Isaiah 3:15, Ezekiel 22:27, 34:3, Amos 8:4-6, Zephaniah 3:3, Zechariah 11:4,5

Verse 3

Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.
eat
Psalms 14:4
and chop
Ezekiel 11:3,6,7

Verse 4

Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings.
Then
2:3,4, Jeremiah 5:31
cry
Psalms 18:41, Proverbs 1:28, 28:9, Isaiah 1:15, Jeremiah 2:27,28, Ezekiel 8:18, Zechariah 7:13, Matthew 7:22, Luke 13:25, John 9:31, James 2:13
he will even
Deuteronomy 31:17,18, 32:19,20, Isaiah 59:1-15, Jeremiah 33:5
as
Isaiah 3:11, Romans 2:8,9

Verse 5

Thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him.
concerning
11, Isaiah 9:15,16, Jeremiah 14:14,15, 23:9-17,27,32, 28:15-17, 29:21-23, Ezekiel 13:10-16, 22:25-29, Malachi 2:8, Matthew 15:14
that bite
2:11, Isaiah 56:9-12, Ezekiel 13:18,19, Matthew 7:15, Romans 16:18

Verse 6

Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them.
night
Psalms 74:9, Isaiah 8:20-22, Jeremiah 13:16, Ezekiel 13:22,23, Zechariah 13:2-4
that ye shall not have a vision
Heb. from a vision. that ye shall not divine. Heb. from divining. the sun.
Isaiah 29:10, 59:10, Jeremiah 15:9, Amos 8:9,10

Verse 7

Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.
the seers
Exodus 8:18,19, 9:11, 1 Samuel 9:9, Isaiah 44:25, 47:12-14, Daniel 2:9-11, Zechariah 13:4, 2 Timothy 3:8,9
cover
Leviticus 13:45, Ezekiel 24:17,22
lips
Heb. upper lip. no.
1 Samuel 14:37, 28:6,15, Psalms 74:9, Amos 8:11

Verse 8

But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.
I am
Job 32:18, Isaiah 11:2,3, 58:1, Jeremiah 1:18, 6:11, 15:19-21, 20:9, Ezekiel 3:14, Matthew 7:29, Mark 3:17, Acts 4:8-12,19,20, 7:54-57, 13:9-12, 18:5,6,9-11, 1 Corinthians 2:4,12,13
to declare
Isaiah 58:1, Ezekiel 16:2, 20:4, 22:2, 43:10, Matthew 3:7-12, Acts 7:51,52

Verse 9

Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.
I pray
1, Exodus 3:16, Hosea 5:1
that
Leviticus 26:15, Deuteronomy 27:19, Psalms 58:1,2, Proverbs 17:15, Isaiah 1:23, Jeremiah 5:28

Verse 10

They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
build up Zion
Jeremiah 22:13-17, Ezekiel 22:25-28, Habakkuk 2:9-12, Zephaniah 3:3, Matthew 27:25, John 11:50
blood
Heb. bloods.

Verse 11

The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us.
heads
7:3, Numbers 16:15, 1 Samuel 8:3, 12:3,4, Isaiah 1:23, Ezekiel 22:12,27, Hosea 4:18, Zephaniah 3:3
and the priests
Jeremiah 6:13, 8:10, Malachi 1:10, 1 Timothy 3:3, Titus 1:11, 1 Peter 5:2
and the prophets
5, Isaiah 56:11, Acts 8:18-20, 2 Peter 2:1-3,14,15, Jude 1:11
yet
1 Samuel 4:3-6, Isaiah 48:2, Jeremiah 7:4,8-12, Matthew 3:9, Romans 2:17-29
and say
Heb. saying. none evil can come.
Amos 9:10

Verse 12

Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.
Zion
1:6, Psalms 79:1, 107:34, Jeremiah 26:18, Matthew 24:2, Acts 6:13,14
the mountain
4:1,2, Isaiah 2:2,3

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