Míjiāshū 3

1 Wǒ shuō , Yǎgè de shǒulǐng , Yǐsèliè jiā de guān zhǎng a , nǐmen yào tīng . nǐmen bùdàng zhīdào gōngping ma .

2 Nǐmen è shàn hǎo è . cóng rénshēn shang bāo pí , cóng rén gútou shang tī ròu .

3 Chī wǒ mín de ròu , bāo tāmende pí , dá zhé tāmende gútou , fèn chéng kuaì zǐ xiàng yào xià guō , yòu xiàng fǔ zhōng de ròu .

4 Dào le zāo zāi de shíhou , zhèxie rén bì āi qiú Yēhéhuá , tā què bù yīngyún tāmen . nàshí tā bì zhào tāmen suǒ xíng de è shì , xiàng tāmen yǎn miàn .

5 Lún dào shǐ wǒ mín zǒu chāi lù de xiānzhī , tāmen yá chǐ yǒu suǒ jiaó de , tāmen jiù hūhǎn shuō , píngān le . fán bú gōngjǐ tāmen chī de , tāmen jiù yùbeì gōngjī tā ( yùbeì gōngjī tā huò zuò shuō bì zāoyù dāobīng ) Yēhéhuá rúcǐ shuō ,

6 Nǐmen bì zāoyù hēi yè , yǐzhì bù jiān yìxiàng . yòu bì zāoyù yōuàn , yǐzhì bùnéng zhān bo . rìtou bì xiàng nǐmen chén luō , báizhòu biàn wèi hēiàn .

7 Xiān jiàn bì bào kuì , zhān bo de bì méng xiū , dōu bì wú zhe zuǐchún , yīnwei shén bù yīngyún tāmen .

8 Zhìyú wǒ , wǒ jiè Yēhéhuá de líng , mǎn yǒulì liáng gōngping cáinéng , kĕyǐ xiàng Yǎgè shuō míng tāde guō fàn , xiàng Yǐsèliè zhǐ chū tāde zuìè .

9 Yǎgè jiā de shǒulǐng , Yǐsèliè jiā de guān zhǎng a , dāng tīng wǒde huà . nǐmen yànwù gōngping , zaì yīqiè shì shang qū wǎng zhèngzhí .

10 Yǐ rén xuè jiànlì Xī \'ān , yǐ zuìniè jiànzào Yēlùsǎlĕng .

11 Shǒulǐng wèi huìlù xíng shĕnpàn , jìsī wèi gù jià shī xùn huì , xiānzhī wèi yínqián xíng zhān bo . tāmen què yǐ laì Yēhéhuá , shuō , Yēhéhuá bú shì zaì wǒmen zhōngjiān ma . zāihuò bì bù líndào wǒmen .

12 Suǒyǐ yīn nǐmen de yuángù , Xī \'ān bì beì gēngzhòng xiàng yī kuaì tián , Yēlùsǎlĕng bì biàn wèi luàn duī , zhè diàn de shān bì xiàng cóng lín de gāo chù .

Míjiāshū 3 Commentary

Chapter 3

The cruelty of the princes, and the falsehood of the prophets. (1-8) Their false security. (9-12)

Verses 1-8 Men cannot expect to do ill, and fare well; but to find that done to them which they did to others. How seldom do wholesome truths reach the ears of those in high stations or in authority! Those who deceive others are preparing confusion for their own faces. The prophet had ardent love to God and to the souls of men; deep concern for his glory and their salvation, and zeal against sin. The difficulties he met with did not drive him from his work. He had this strength; not from and of himself, but he was full of power by the Spirit of the Lord. Those who act honestly, may act boldly. And those who come to hear the word of God, must be willing to be told of their faults, must take it kindly, and be thankful.

Verses 9-12 Zion's walls owe no thanks to those that build them up with blood and iniquity. The sin of man works not the righteousness of God. Even when men do that which in itself is good, but do it for filthy lucre, it becomes abomination both to God and man. Faith rests in the Lord as the soul's foundation: presumption only leans upon the Lord as a prop, and would use him to serve a turn. If men's having the Lord among them will not keep them from doing evil, it never can secure them from suffering evil for so doing. See the doom of wicked Jacob; Therefore shall Zion for your sake be ploughed as a field. This was exactly fulfilled at the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans, and is so at this day. If sacred places are polluted by sin, they will be wasted and ruined by the judgments of God.

Chapter Summary

INTRODUCTION TO MICAH 3

In this chapter the prophet reproves and threatens both princes and prophets, first separately, and then conjunctly; first the heads and princes of the people, civil magistrates, for their ignorance of justice, and hatred of good, and love of evil, and for their oppression and cruelty; and they are threatened with distress when they should cry unto the Lord, and should not be heard by him, Mic 3:1-4; next the prophets are taken to task, for their voraciousness, avarice, and false prophesying; and are threatened with darkness, with want of vision, and of an answer from the Lord, and with shame and confusion, Mic 3:5-7; and the prophet being full of the Spirit and power of God, to declare the sins and transgressions of Jacob and Israel, Mic 3:8, very freely declaims against princes, priests, and prophets, all together; who, though guilty of very notorious crimes, yet were in great security, and promised themselves impunity, Mic 3:9-11; wherefore the city and temple of Jerusalem are threatened with an utter desolation, Mic 3:12.