Micah 3:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings. ”

Micah 3:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Then shall they cry unto the Lord - “ Then.” The prophet looks on to the Day of the Lord, which is always before his mind. So the Psalmist, speaking of a time or place not expressed, says, “There...
Micah 3:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Then (c) shall they cry unto the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings. (c) That is, when I will pun...
Micah 3:4 - 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 3:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4. hear . answer. hide His face. Reference to Pentateuch ( Deuteronomy 31:17 ; Deuteronomy 32:20 ). App-92. Compare Isaiah 59:1-15 . Jeremiah 33:5 .
Micah 3:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Micah now denounces judgment on the chief men, such as they deserved. He says, They shall cry then to Jehovah The adverb אז, az, is often put indefinitely in Hebrew, and has the force of...
Micah 3:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings. Then shall they cry - When calami...
Micah 3:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings. Then - at the time of jud...
Micah 3:4 - 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 3:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Then shall they cry. — “Then” — i.e., in the day of retribution — “then shall they call upon me, saith the Lord, but I will not hear; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me; and tha...
Micah 3:4 - 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 3:4 - 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 3:4 - 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 3:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

It must have been a sad day with the Church, and indeed the history of those times proves it was, when it was as with the priest, so with the people. A state of general corruption prevailed. Isaiah t...
Micah 3:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then shall they cry unto the Lord, but he will not hear them ,.... When all the above evils threatened them in the preceding Chapter s shall come upon them; when the enemy shall invade their hind, b...
Micah 3:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings. Ver. 4. Then shall they cry un...
Micah 3:4 - 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 3:4 - 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 3:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Then; when that time and those miseries which Micah foretells shall come upon them, Micah 1:6-8 2:3 , when God shall retaliate and pay these great ones in their own coin. They; the cruel oppress...
Micah 3:4 - 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 3:4 - 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 3:4 - 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 3:4 - 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 3:4 - 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 3:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Sins of the Rulers and the Desolation of Zion. Also in this Chapter the discourse is directed to the nobility of the people, who abused the authority of their high official station by oppressi...
Micah 3:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 31:17 ; Deuteronomy 31:18 ; Deuteronomy 32:19 ; Deuteronomy 32:20 ; Ezekiel 8:18 ; Isaiah 1:15 ; Isaiah 3:11 ; Isaiah 59:1-15 ; James 2:13 ; Jeremiah 2:27 ; Jeremiah 2:28 ; Je...
Micah 3:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Then — When these miseries come upon them.

Micah 3:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Micah 3:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Micah 3:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Micah 3:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Micah 3:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Micah 3:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Micah 3:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Micah 3:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Micah 3:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Micah 3:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Micah 3:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Micah 3:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Micah 3:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Micah 3:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Micah 3:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Micah 3:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Micah 3:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Micah 3:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Micah 3:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Micah 3:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Micah 3:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Micah 3:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Micah 3:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Micah 3:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Micah 3:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Micah 3:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes