Micah 3:1

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; Jeremiah 5:5; Micah 3:10; Micah 3:9; Psalms 14:4; Psalms 82:1-5

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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 Isra...
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 whic...
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 d...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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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...
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....
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...
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 ]...
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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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¹ 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?

Related Commentaries of Micah 3:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Micah 3:1