Micah Chapter 3

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Introduction: Micah continues with condemnation of the cruelty of the princes and the falsehood of the prophets of Israel in the first 8 verses. He then foretells the coming judgment of the captivities at the end of the chapter.

I. Micah Pleads with Heads of the Tribes

Mic 3:1 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?

Mic 3:2 Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;

Mic 3:3 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.

The prophet directs his discourse to the heads and princes of Israel. His question to them was, was it not their duty to know what was right (i.e., judgment)? The word translated as judgment ( jpvm mishpat), among other things, has the thought of ‘justice.’ Those in leadership had a duty to do justly.

In contrast, the leaders of Israel loved that which was evil. They were utterly cruel in their dealings with their people. The prophet uses the analogy of cannibalism in verse 3 to describe the cruelty and oppression of the heads of Israel against their own people.

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