Micah 3
Share
This resource is exclusive for PLUS Members
Upgrade now and receive:
- Ad-Free Experience: Enjoy uninterrupted access.
- Exclusive Commentaries: Dive deeper with in-depth insights.
- Advanced Study Tools: Powerful search and comparison features.
- Premium Guides & Articles: Unlock for a more comprehensive study.
5–7 Micah next rebukes the false prophets of Israel, the seers and diviners (verse 7), who prophesy for food and money and tell the people what they want to hear. If one doesn’t feed them, they then become his enemy (verse 5). Such prophets will receive no visions, no communication from God.
8–12 Micah, however, was not like these false prophets; he was inspired by the HOLY SPIRIT. He spoke the truth whether people wanted to hear it or not.
In these verses, Micah speaks mainly to the leaders of Judah who have built up Zion (Jerusalem) with bloodshed and wickedness (verses 9–10). Yet they believe they are still under God’s covenant protection; they lean upon the LORD, but not with true faith (verse 11). Their religion is only external; they have forgotten the meaning of true religion (see Isaiah 1:17; Micah 6:6–8; James 1:27). As a result, the Jerusalem they have built up will be plowed like a field (verse 12); it will be utterly destroyed, and its leaders will be destroyed along with it.10