Micah Chapter 3
Judgment Against Israel’s Leaders
1 I said,
“Listen, leaders of Jacob, rulers of Israel.
Aren’t you supposed to know what’s good,
2you that hate good and love evil,
who skin my people alive,
pull the meat off their bones,
3eat their flesh,
break up their bones in pieces,
and chop them up for the pot
like meat in a kettle?”
4You’ll call out to the LORD,
but he won’t answer you;
he’ll turn away from you
because of all your sins.
Mic 3:1-4
5 The LORD says this about you prophets
that mislead my people:
“When you have something to eat,
you prophesy peace;
But you declare holy war against anyone
that doesn’t feed you.
6Consequently, you’ll have nights without visions,
darkness without fortunetelling.
The sun will set on you prophets;
the day will get dark over you.
7 You seers will be put to shame;
you fortunetellers will be disgraced.
You’ll have to cover your mouths in humiliation
because I won’t answer you.”
8 But I’m filled with power—
with the Spirit of the LORD—
with justice and courage
to declare to Jacob his transgression,
to Israel his sin.
Mic 3:5-8
9 Listen, leaders of Jacob, rulers of Israel,
who abhor justice and twist the truth,
10 who build Zion with bloodshed
and Jerusalem with violence.
11 You leaders render verdicts for a bribe;
you priests teach for hire;
you prophets tell fortunes for money.
Yet you want to rely on the LORD and say,
“The LORD’s with us, right?
Catastrophe won’t happen to us.”
12 So, because of you,
they’ll plow Zion like a field;
Jerusalem will become a pile of ruins;
the Temple mount will be a full-grown forest.
Mic 3:9-12