Micah 3:6-12

6 Therefore it will be ¹night for you-without vision, And darkness for you-without divination. The ²sun will go down on the prophets, And the day will become dark over them.

7 The seers will be ³ashamed And the ⁴diviners will be embarrassed. Indeed, they will all ⁵cover their mouths Because there is ⁶no answer from God.

8 On the other hand ⁷I am filled with power - With the Spirit of the LORD - And with justice and courage To ⁸make known to Jacob his rebellious act, Even to Israel his sin.

9 Now hear this, ⁹heads of the house of Jacob And rulers of the house of Israel, Who ¹⁰abhor justice And twist everything that is straight,

10 Who ¹¹build Zion with bloodshed And Jerusalem with violent injustice.

11 Her leaders pronounce ¹²judgment for a bribe, Her ¹³priests instruct for a price And her prophets divine for money. Yet they lean on the LORD saying, "¹⁴Is not the LORD in our midst? Calamity will not come upon us."

12 Therefore, on account of you ¹⁵Zion will be plowed as a field, ¹⁶Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins, And the ¹⁷mountain of the temple will become high places of a forest.

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Micah 3:6-12 Meaning and Commentary

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.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 17

1. Isaiah 8:20-22; Isaiah 29:10-12
2. Isaiah 59:10
3. Zechariah 13:4
4. Isaiah 44:25; Isaiah 47:12-14
5. Micah 7:16
6. 1 Samuel 28:6; Micah 3:4
7. Isaiah 61:1, 2; Jeremiah 1:18
8. Isaiah 58:1
9. Micah 1:1
10. Psalms 58:1, 2; Isaiah 1:23
11. Jeremiah 22:13, 17; Habakkuk 2:12
12. Isaiah 1:23; Micah 7:3
13. Jeremiah 6:13
14. Isaiah 48:2
15. Jeremiah 26:18
16. Psalms 79:1; Jeremiah 9:11
17. Micah 4:1

Footnotes 2

[a]. Lit "mustache"
[b]. Lit "house"