Micah 3:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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? ”

Micah 3:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And I said - God’s love for us is the great incitement, constrainer, vivifier of His creature’s love. Micah had just spoken of God’s love of Israel; how He would gather them into one fold under O...
Micah 3:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

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 (a) judgment? (a) That thing which is just and lawful, both to govern my people pro...
Micah 3:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Unjust Rulers and False Prophets of Judah. Micah first addresses those whose official duty it is to know justice, i.e. sympathetically, and declares that in fact they love its opposite, and c...
Micah 3:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Hear. This is no indication of Structure. It is. continuation of the threatening against the rulers ( Micah 3:1-4 , p. 1253, corresponding with "-3", Micah 3:9-12 , below). princes . judges.
Micah 3:1 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet in this chapter assails and severely reproves the chief men as well as the teachers; for both were given to avarice and cruelty, to plunder, and, in short, to all other vices. And h...
Micah 3:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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? Hear - O heads of Jacob - The metaphor of the flock is still carried on. T...
Micah 3:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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? The Second Division ( Micah 3:1-12 ; Micah 4:1-13 ; Micah 5:1-15 )...
Micah 3:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Wickedness in High Places Micah returns to his indictment against the people's leaders. Their power was given for the sake of justice, and they have abused it for extortion ( Micah 3:1-3 ). Their...
Micah 3:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

III. (1) Hear, I pray you. — In the second division of his prophecy Micah protests against the evil influences exercised upon the people in high places. The princes, the prophets, and the priest...
Micah 3:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE PROPHET OF THE POOR Micah 2:1-13 ; Micah 3:1-12 WE have proved Micah's love for his countryside in the effusion of his heart upon her villages with a grief for their danger greater than hi...
Micah 3:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Punishment of Avarice Micah 3:1-12 The princes who as magistrates should have administered justice to others sat around the caldron, casting in the very flesh and skin of the people whom th...
Micah 3:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Addressing himself directly to the rulers of the people, in this second message the prophet describes their peculiar sin, and announces the coming judgment. He then foretells the coming of the one tr...
Micah 3:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS This Chapter is much in the strain of the general tenor of the Prophets, full of reproof mingled with gracious promises. Through the whole of the Chapter we find much of the love of God, ev...
Micah 3:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And I said, hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel ,.... This seems to be a new sermon or discourse, delivered at another time and to another people than the prece...
Micah 3:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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? Ver. 1. And I said ] viz. At another time, and in a new discourse; the...
Micah 3:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hear, O heads of Jacob , &c. That the justice of God, in bringing upon them the punishments which he had threatened, might more evidently appear, the prophet here shows that there was no rank of...
Micah 3:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Crimes of the Princes and Prophets. B. C. 726. 1 And I said, Hear, I pray you, O hea...
Micah 3:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

MICAH CHAPTER 3 Micah reproveth the cruelty of the princes, Micah 3:1-4 , and the falsehood of the prophets, Micah 3:5-7 . His zeal in showing the sins of the princes, priests, and prophets,...
Micah 3:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Micah's Indictment of Judah ( Micah 3:1-8 ). Micah inveighs first against the leadership of Judah, and then against the prophets who make people err for the sake of money, and the priests who teac...
Micah 3:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] Punishment is threatened against the heads and leaders of Israel. Micah 3:1 . Princes ] Administrators of justice. You ] Above every one. To know ] To regard justice ( Isaiah...
Micah 3:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Micah 3:10 . They build up Zion with blood. The Chaldaic reads, they build up the houses of Zion with blood. They oppress the poor to a premature death, in order to build their town and country ho...
Micah 3:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel Civil rulers I. What civil rulers ought always to be. They ought always to “know judgment,” that is, always practicall...
Micah 3:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Verse 3:1-5:15 Part II . DENUNCIATION OF THE CRIMES OF THE GRANDEES , FOLLOWED BY A PROMISE OF THE GLORIFICATION OF ZION , THE BIRTH OF MESSIAH...
Micah 3:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, the leading men of the nation, and ye princes of the house of Israel, in whose hands was the administration of justice:. Is it not for you to know j...
Micah 3:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 6:5 ; 2 Chronicles 19:5-10 ; Amos 4:1 ; Deuteronomy 1:13-17 ; Deuteronomy 16:18 ; Hosea 5:1 ; Isaiah 1:10 ; Jeremiah 13:15-18 ; Jeremiah 22:2 ; Jeremiah 22:3 ; Jeremiah 5:4 ;...
Micah 3:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Is it not for you — Ought not you to understand, and conform to, the just laws of your God. You princes, magistrates, and ruling officers, ought of all men to know and do right.

Micah 3:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Micah 3:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Micah 3:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Micah 3:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Micah 3:1 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Micah 3:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Micah 3:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Micah 3:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Micah 3:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Micah 3:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Micah 3:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Micah 3:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Micah 3:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Micah 3:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Micah 3:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Micah 3:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Micah 3:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Micah 3:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Micah 3:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Micah 3:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Micah 3:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Micah 3:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

Micah 3:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Micah 3:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Micah 3:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Micah 3:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes