Micah 3

Micah 3:1

IV. DENUNCIATION OF RULERS, FALSE PROPHETS, AND PRIESTS (Chap. 3)3:1-4 The rulers of the house of Israel are condemned for their injustice, unrighteousness, and covetousness. They treated the poor most cruelly. They hated good and loved evil. Instead of being shepherds of the sheep, as rulers are meant to be, these politicians were wolves, turning the sheep into meat for the pot and flesh for the caldron. They were the opposite of David, a literal shepherd who came to shepherd a nation (1Sa_17:15; 2Sa_5:2, 2Sa_7:7). When their calamity comes, God will not hear their cries for help. 3:5-7 The false prophets would chant “Peace” to those who paid them well and predict war to those who would not pay. Therefore God would withhold from them the knowledge of His will. They would receive no answer from God. 3:8-12 In contrast, Micah was empowered by the Spirit of the LORD to declare God’s message to Israel and Judah (Jacob). The mercenary rulers, priests, and prophets thought that they were safe, but Micah announced that Jerusalem would be reduced to heaps of rubble.